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  SOCK (TIBIALIA) OF WILLIAM II THE NORMAN – KUNSTHISTORISCHES MUSEUM, VIENNA   The socks of William II the Norman, which became part of the wardrobe for the imperial coronation, document the fact they belonged to the king of Sicily, not only due to the style of the elegant embroideries …

  This is not a knot that is undone or loose, rather it is intentionally placed at half-mast well below the collar buttons.   

  And so I carry on, alternating bleak desperation to moment of irresponsible automatic briskness. I am extremely punctual to countless appointments, I choose, I decide, I impart orders, I gaze with a lens upon small scraps of fabric pinned to the cardboard pages of big albums. Around the costume …

  GALEN AND HIPPOCRATES – FRESCO DATING TO THE XII CENTURY – CATHEDRAL, ANAGNI   The furs are a very important element of the apparel; the vair fur, with its characteristic alternation of grey and white, is a noble and doctoral emblem which also appears in the coat of arms. …

  Until the mid-nineteenth century, the rectangular purses decorated with beads, with a wrist band (also decorated with beads) sewn to its corners, were a very widespread accessory amongst the Plateau Indians and the Crows. This purse (to the right), attributed to the Nez Percé, is decorated with beads in …