Nativity Scene - Cappello Palatino Holiday Card

The back of this "Merry Christmas" card provides a historical background for the cover's image: Title / Date: "Nativity Scene in Cappello Palatina Palermo" / 1150 Artist: Unknown Born of the commingling of Viking raiders/settlers and the Tenth Century natives of Normandy (Northern France; across the Channel from England), the Normands famously took control of England in 1066 AD. Less well-known are their conquests of Southern Italy and Sicily, which evolved from 999-1139 AD (victory short-lived: Sicily fell to the Hohenstaufen's in 1198 AD). This nativity scene, painted in 1150 AD by Maestro Unknown, can still be seen in the Cappello Palatina Palermo, the chapel of the Norman Kings of Sicily, located inside the Palazzo dei Normanni (Palace of the Normans) in Palermo, Sicily. You should go there! And check it out! I would, but the life of a scribe lacks both the funds and the wild, dragonflight adventuresomeness requisite such adventures. Author: B. Willard / Copyright: AM Watson / Visit: PureLoveShop.com/christmas-paintings