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mantel, palms, garments

 

WEEPING WOMEN (DETAIL OF A CRUCIFIX, DATING FROM THE EARLY XIII CENTURY) – CITY MUSEUM, PISA

 

The mantel draped over the head is a sign of advanced age or mourning.

Sumptuary laws regulate demonstrations of grief and limit the number of persons which can carry the coffin and participate in the wake and they prohibit more clamorous displays such as loud moaning, the beating of palms and tearing one’s garments.

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