The Pisa Griffin

الغريفين من بيزا

The great 11th-century Islamic bronze that crowned Pisa's cathedral for centuries — the largest Islamic bronze animal sculpture.

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104010501060
The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era

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islam.museum contributors. “The Pisa Griffin”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/object/griffin-pisa/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.

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