A king of this location was the dedicatee of a red semi-circular mantle embroidered with gold images of a lion crushing a dromedary.
A king of this location was the dedicatee of a red semi-circular mantle embroidered with gold images of a lion crushing a dromedary. That man commissioned a church here filled with golden mosaics, including a Christ Pantocrator surrounded by eight angels in the cupola. This home of the Palatine Chapel was the setting of a morning scene by Francesco Hayez in which a brown-hooded priest looks on as a man in red leggings holds a sword at his side, preparing to kill a captive whose shirt bears the fleur-de-lis. A native of this place painted crucifixion scenes now held in London, Antwerp, and Sibiu, but may be better known for a work framed by a (*) triumphal arch on whose step are a partridge and a peacock. An emaciated lion appears in front of a colonnade at the right of that painting, a depiction of St. Jerome famed for the architectural detail of his study. For 10 points, name this island once ruled by Roger II, the birthplace of Antonello da Messina and home to the city of Palermo.
A king of this location was the dedicatee of a red semi-circular mantle embroidered with gold images of a lion crushing a dromedary.
Sicily [or Sicilia; anti-prompt on Palermo or Messina]