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Rogerius structor. La cattedrale di Cefalù rivisitata
No full textLa cattedrale di Cefalù, così come ci è pervenuta, rappresenta il frutto di travagliate vicende che tengono conto di motivazioni di ordine politico e ideologico, ma anche, se non in primo luogo, di ordine tecnico, quale risultato –secondo la linea storiografica comunemente condivisa –di un’attività edilizia pro-trattasi per oltre un secolo dal 1131 sino al 1267, anno della consacrazione. Liberi da ogni condizionamento derivante dalla storiografia pregressa, il presente studio abbandona il mito di una cattedrale incompiuta e, attraverso un’analisi attenta delle fonti, delle parti della fabbrica e dei suoi apparati decorativi, consente di mettere in discussione la cronologia comunemente accettata, e di affermare invece che l’edificio, nonostante i cambi di programma in corso d’opera, fu completato nella sua interezza entro il regno di Ruggero II (1130-1154)Cefalù cathedral, as it stands, is the result of troubled events that took into accountpolitical and ideological motivations, but also, if not primarily, technical reasons, as the result –according to a commonly shared historiographical line –of construction activities that lasted for over a century from 1131 until 1267, the year of its consecration. Free fromany conditioning deriving from previous historiography, the present study abandons the myth of an unfinished cathedral and, through a careful analysis of the sources, the parts of the building and its decorative apparatus, allows us to question the commonly accepted chronology and to affirm instead that the building, despite changes in the programme during construction, was completed in its entirety during the reign of Roger II (1130-1154
Frammenti ruggeriani. Il perduto spazio sacro della cattedrale di Cefalù
No full textLa cattedrale di Cefalù, fondata dal primo sovrano normanno di Sicilia Ruggero II nel 1131, costituisce uno dei monumenti più importanti della dinastia nel meridione d'Italia, con funzione di mausoleo, destinata ad ospitare la tomba del fondatore. Il contributo analizza le trasformazioni dello spazio sacro dal medioevo al secolo in corso, offrendo nuovi dati per la ricostruzione del perduto spazio sacro medievale e per la contestualizzazione dei frammenti di arredo liturgico e dei pezzi scultorei superstiti
L’abbazia normanna di San Giorgio a Gratteri. La prima fondazione cistercense nel Regno di Sicilia?
No full textExperiences that “reach the heart”. Taking part in a whole body dissection course at the University of Malta
No full textThis article summarizes the activities of the four-week whole body dissection course the main authors participated in in August 2016 at the dissection hall of the University of Malta (UoM). Our team comprised 10 second-year medicine students from University of Palermo chosen among who had passed the Human Anatomy exam brilliantly. The need to move to the UoM to take part in such activity derives from the lack of practice approach in Italian schools of medicine, focused mostly on the theoretical studies, neglecting practical experience. The heart dissection reveal itself as a huge opportunity to finally apply our anatomical knowledge, improving it and enabling us to compare images took from books to the actual organ. We had the chance to handle a real heart, to appreciate its weight and consistence. We took part in coronary artery courses focusing on their functions within the heart machinery.This article summarizes the activities of the four-week whole body dissection course the main authors partecipated in August 2016 at the dissection hall of the University of Malta (UoM). Our team comprised 10 second-year medicine students from University of Palermo chosen among who had passed the Human Anatomy exam brilliantly. The need to molve to the UoM to take part in such activity derives from the lack of practice approach in Italian schools of medicine, focused mostly on the theoretical studies, neglecting practical experience. The heart dissection reveal itself as a huge opportunity to finally apply our anatomical knowledge, improving it and enabling us to compare image took from books to the actual organ. We had the chance to handle a real heart, to appreciate its weight and consistence. We took part in coronary artery courses focusing on their functions within the heart machinery
