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  FEMININE ORANS FIGURE– CIBORIUM BAS-RELIEF– DATABILE TO THE FIRST HALF OF THE 12th CENTUYR– BASILICA DI SANT’AMBROGIO, MILAN   A wonderful example of 12th century civilized clothing: the face is chastely wrapped in blindfolds which indicate here the woman’s marital status. A round biretta towers atop the blindfolds: the …

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