William Tronzo, The Cultures of
his Kingdom: Roger II and the Capella Palatina in Palermo (Princeton:
Princeton University Press, 1997) 152 |
"We can only assume that
both craftsmen and designs were sought out from the indigenous cultures in
which they were produced and imported into Sicily . . .
Roger's expenditures . . . represented a truly extraordinary
effort. . . . In the Regnum of Sicily in which
many languages were yoked . . . only one primary medium, the
visual, provided a single basis for all to understand." |