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  Moving on to Petrarch who, in order to win the affection of Laura, curled his hair with instruments and used painful, kilometric-pointed shoes. During the Renaissance Carlo V who in Titian’s portrait wears a jockstrap and shorts.   Henry VIII was crazy about jewels – you can count 114 …

ATHALARIC AND AMALASUNTHA – DETAILS FROM CONSUL ORESTES DYPTICH – YEAR 530, VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM, LONDON.   The representation of a young Athalaric, despite being limited to a small portrait, is evidence of the fact that Roman costumes were being abandoned by the Goths. Their king wears an oriental …