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  GROUP OF MILITIA – FRESCO DATED END OF IX CENTURY – CHURCH OF SAINT MARY IN SECUNDICERIO (ALREADY KNOWN AS THE TEMPLE OF THE FORTUNA VIRILE), ROME Interesting depiction of a warrior’s garb. The militiaman to the right holds a round shield and has a helmet with a neck …

  Micmac boxes were made of birch. Exclusive to the Micmac of the Atlantic provinces is the insertion of decorative painted porcupine spines into the birch bark, applied primarily to boxes with lids. Bark and quills were applied slightly wet, a small hole was made in the bark into which …

  THE GLOBE HISTORY/5 Throughout the 1940s human interest features were regularly published in both LIFE and LOOK and Globe became a prime supplier of this kind of story. Globe was represented in the very first issue of LIFE with a layout of a man-eating tiger devouring an Indian. Is …

  This hour is delicate among the others. Yes delicate and precious, in which you can relish Drop by drop the minute in which in tells Of turquoise and of agate like a necklace. GEORGE LEPAPE 1912

  THE SIEGE AND TAKING OF A CITY – MINIATURE OF THE SALTERIO AUREO OF THE SECOND HALF OF THE IX CENTURY – SAN GALLO The soldiers wear scaled tunics, that is, tunics trimmed with metal shards: they protect their head with helms which cover the nape of the neck …