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Burgerbibliothek (Bern)
Location, Monument | Type | Description | Image |
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Messina, City View | Book Illustration | Constance arriving to Messina as Tancred's prisoner. Top part shows her ship crossing the strait and the lower part shows the queen disembarking in the port of Messina. | |
Naples, Castel dell'Ovo | Book Illustration | Top: Sibilla in the Palermo royal palace with Matteo D'Aiello Bottom: Constance imprisoned in the Castel dell'Ovo in Naples | |
Naples, City View | Book Illustration | Battle scene with a fortified city in the upper left. | |
Palermo, Archiepiscopal Palace | Book Illustration | Matteo D'Aiello on his way (top) and then in conversation with the archbishop of Palermo (bottom). | |
Palermo, Castellamare (Castle) | Book Illustration | Scenes of people in mourning with a schematic representation of the castle in the lower right and the palatine chapel dominating the upper right corner. | |
Palermo, Royal Palace | Book Illustration | Sickness and death of William II. Figures in different spaces of the palace. | |
Palermo, Royal Palace | Book Illustration | Top: Interior of the chancery with figures. Bottom: King Tancred at the top of a royal throne. | |
Piedimonte San Germano, Castle | Book Illustration | Knights fighting below the castle. | |
Salerno, Castle | Drawing | Castle towers on top of the hill. Empress Constance in a palace. The Norman cathedral is center left with its bell tower on the south flank. |