Identify A and B. Compare and contrast the images, focussing on the materials and construction of the structures, as well as on what makes each significant. 8. What does the Cappella Palatina ceiling tell us about patronage and display in twelfth-century Sicily? 9. Why would a German banker want to buy a carved and painted ceiling from the Alhambra for his home in the late nineteenth century? 10. What can we learn from an object that survives without direct comparatives or context? Discuss with reference to the Hadith Bayad wa Riyad manuscrip