What does this tell us about the Crusades?
This piece tells us about the interaction of religious cultures that occurred during the crusades. Christian art being created by a Muslim artist is not a common thing one would think to see, however it was apparently not uncommon. A figure like the Virgin Mary shown as seated, cross-legged, and wearing a traditional Syrian turban is something we would expect to see, either, and this too tells us about the different ways that different peoples could visualize "the same" holy figure.
