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The main characteristic here is the very tight knot “strangling” the light fabric in the middle. It derives, to some extent, from the schoolboy bow although it differs from it for its more valuable fabric, which is usually taffeta.

A philosopher, an architect, their wives and my brother. All happy people. I no longer know what we ate. When, during lunch, I was asked how much the prize was I realized for the first time that no money came with that prize. Now my humiliation seemed vile insolence more …

DAUGHTER OF EMPEROR HONORIUS – TABLET FROM THE  DYPTICH OF STILICHO – DATED CA. 395 A.D. – MONZA CATHEDRAL. Splendid example of roman womenswear with a tight sleeve under tunic, a “colobio” outer tunic tied around the waist by an opulent jewelled belt and a draped “stola” on the arm. …

BIRTHDATE OF OUR FACEBOOK PAGE 01/02/2010 can be read the same forwards and backwards. A fascinating palindromic date. Endless night is the title of one of Agatha Christie’s novels where the captivation of palindromic words is well illustrated (those that are spelled the same backwards as forwards), for example, words …

8. – Headstrong. Vivid colours and patterns, imperious and impetuous like commands shouted out loud on the battlefield. 9. – Asymmetrical.  For example, the right end of the sleeves and jacket front will be round and the left sleeve end square. Ingenious counter attacks of lines. 10. – Transitory, to …