EditorialThe Marquis de Guiscard Attempting to Assassinate Harley, Print made by George Cruikshank, 17921878, British, 1844, Etching on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper.
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.
EditorialLodewijk, count of Guiscard, governor of the province of Namur, Copper medal. Obverse: crowned coat of arms, flanked by two lions with an inscription. Reverse: crowned coat of arms in a cartouche between the year within an inscription, Namur, Lodewijk ...
EditorialParadiso, Canto XVIII. Miniature shows Dante and Beatrice hovering before the half figure of Cacciaguida, who is on the periphery of the Heaven of Mars, which has the winged figure of Mars in its centre. Dante is shown the eight holy warriors who appea...
EditorialParadiso, Canto XXI. Heaven of Saturn. Four kings are seated on the island of Sicily and Naples. The wise rule of William II is praised and contrasted with that of his successors, Charles II and Frederick of Aragon. The fourth king is Robert Guiscard. ...
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.