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  MINIATURE OF THE “CODEX JUSTINIANUS”, OF THE XIII CENTURY – AMBROSIAN LIBRARY, MILAN The skill of the miniaturist bestows a shy and slightly clumsy grace to the female figure wearing a mantel and gown whose hair is tied back in her veil. The other female figure has a crown-shaped …

  The date layout was born in the late 1940s in the fan magazines, sired by major studios that in those days told – didn’t ask – their contract players what they would do for publicity. They were cotton candy layouts that paired attractive young people in quasi-romantic situations, usually …

  The transition from natural to synthetic indigo occurred by way of extremely tough commercial competition. The British tried to defend their interests in the natural indigo trade, while German factories were inundated with orders for synthetic indigo. Indigo arrived in American ports where the chemical industry was still underdeveloped, …

  About the size of a foulard, it is knotted at the neck and covers the head so that the hair does not show. It is used by Muslim women, as well as by western countrywomen working in the fields.

    Once more, the festival boasts priceless films: The traitor by John Ford, The devil is a woman by Josef von Sternberg, with Marlene Dietrich, and the winner of the best foreign film award, Anna Karenina, by Clarence Brown, with Greta Garbo, presented for the second time at the …