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        GROUP OF ANGELS – XII CENTURY FRESCO – CHURCH OF SAN PIETRO AL MONTE, CIVATE   The angels hovering in flight with their great wings are dressed in mannered apparel; this is witnessed by the loose dalmaticas decorated with clubs whose wide sleeves allow you to …

  GROUP OF MAGNATES – DETAIL OF THE EXULTET MINIATURE, COD, VAT, LAT, 3784 – DATABLE AT THE XI CENTURY – LIBRARY, MONTECASSINO The economic Italian awakening is reflected in greater laic prestige. In the magnate’s masculine garments the byzantine tradition is still sensible and is manifested in the cut …