EditorialIvory plaque: Cain and Abel sacrificing; Cain kills Abel. From the cathedral of Salerno, Italy, around 1084, when the cathedral, founded by Robert Guiscard, was consecrated. Perhaps part of an ambo or a predella. OA 4052.
EditorialIvory plaque: Cain and Abel sacrificing; Cain kills Abel. From the cathedral of Salerno, Italy, around 1084, when the cathedral, founded by Robert Guiscard, was consecrated. Perhaps part of an ambo or a predella. OA 4052.
EditorialFortified castle of Monte Sant'Angelo.The castle was first built around a tower erected by Robert Guiscard; it was enlarged by Friedrich II Hohenstaufen, later by the Anjou kings.