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    BAS-RELIEF IMAGERY – PULPIT LUNETTE – DATING APPROXIMATELY TO 1120 – BASILICA OF SAINT AMBROSE, MILAN   Masculine apparel in the XII century was constituted by a garment with tight sleeves, close-fitting at the waist but quite flared under the belt tied at the waist with a slipknot. …

  Called that because its use is dated back to the times ofEngland’sPrince Albert. Also called a Simple Double – it’s used to give a certain consistency to the knot when the tie is a bit narrow.

  Pigafetta : is the cemetery custodian, a homunculus between 50-60 years of age, but could also be 40. I imagined him to be hunched over, limping.   Thick glasses, which partly hide or highlight a diverting squint (like frogs?  Could be.).  No French actor comes to mind, note even from …

  CITIZEN OF MILAN – DETAIL FROM THE CIBORIUM DATING TO THE FIRST HALF OF THE XII CENTURY – BASILICAN OF SAINT AMBROSE, MILAN   Example of masculine apparel: a rounded beret, moderately cut hair, moustache and pointed beard, a garment with tight sleeves which flares at the hem, shoes …

    The Choctaw beaded collar features designs from the Pan-Indian tradition. Produced around 1940 it was worn with men’s shirts as a tie.