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The article examines a kind of community of aesthetic tastes that was connecting Arab and
Byzantine courtly culture. This community concerned the secular and luxurious works of art. The
silver casket, called a Saracenic-Sicilian, from the Wawel Cathedral Treasury in Cracow will serve as
the starting point to gain a true appreciation of the complex artistic relationship between the Byzantine
Empire...
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