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  GROUP OF MAGNATES – DETAIL OF THE EXULTET MINIATURE, COD, VAT, LAT, 3784 – DATABLE AT THE XI CENTURY – LIBRARY, MONTECASSINO The economic Italian awakening is reflected in greater laic prestige. In the magnate’s masculine garments the byzantine tradition is still sensible and is manifested in the cut …

It’s the most neutral and most basic of tie knots. Not wide or tight, neither long nor short. It adapts to almost everything and is a classic. It called that because it was worn in England by most of the populations between the 1930s and the 1970s.

  SECRET PAPERS /1 If he hadn’t been a director, Federico Fellini would perhaps have been a designer, painter. Or even a writer. He was really good at writing, in a style rich with unexpected everyday references, with stories, with splendid and fascinating images, of memories. He wrote naturally, and …

  DONIZONE DELIVERS HIS “VITA MATHILDIS” TO THE COUNTESS MATILDA – MINIATURE OF THE “VITA MATHILDIS” BY DONIZONE, DATABLE 1114 – VATICAN APOSTOLIC LIBRARY The sovereigns’ garments are priceless. The countess Matilda is famous because in 1077 Henry IV was humiliated by Gregory VII in her castle. Above the skirts …

The live in a region of extensive woods, with many rivers and natural ports on the coastline. Thanks to the really cold winters, they cultivate only tobacco. Their subsistence was especially based on the yearly cycle of hunting and fishing. In the winter months, the main activity was hunting beavers, …