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    BAS-RELIEF IMAGERY – PULPIT LUNETTE – DATING APPROXIMATELY TO 1120 – BASILICA OF SAINT AMBROSE, MILAN   Masculine apparel in the XII century was constituted by a garment with tight sleeves, close-fitting at the waist but quite flared under the belt tied at the waist with a slipknot. …

  CITIZEN OF MILAN – DETAIL FROM THE CIBORIUM DATING TO THE FIRST HALF OF THE XII CENTURY – BASILICAN OF SAINT AMBROSE, MILAN   Example of masculine apparel: a rounded beret, moderately cut hair, moustache and pointed beard, a garment with tight sleeves which flares at the hem, shoes …

  JESUS’ ENTRANCE IN JERUSALEM (PART.) – 12TH CENTURY MOSAIC– BASILICA DI SAN MARCO, VENICE   Examples of masculine clothing with closed cloaks, tunics and overcoats. The figure of the young man on the left with the linen tunic embellished with aurifrigio which can be seen since it unwinds from …

  AN EVANGELIST – 12TH CENTURY MINIATURE – BIBLIOTECA MARCIANA, VENICE   The miniature portraying an Evangelist writing, mirrors, even though oscillating between the reality of dress and pictorial style, the taste of the 12th Century. The cerulean color of the tunic, again embellished by vertical bands, is taken from …

  DALMATIC TONACELLA PROBABLY BELONGED TO THE KINGS OF SICILY – 12TH CENTURY – KUNSTHISTORISCHES MUSEUM, VIENNA   The tonacella (a sacred vestment), improperly called a dalmatic because it doesn’t have wide sleeves, is a very dark purplish – turquoise colored silk with embroidery on the purplish background of thin …