CITIZENS OF MILAN RETURNING TO MILAN AFTER THE DESTRUCTION BY BARBAROSSA – BAS-RELIEF ON THE ARCHWAY OF PORTA ROMANA – YEAR 1171 – CITY MUSEUM, MILAN The naïve coarseness of the figurative elements perfectly represents masculine apparel in the XII century in its every detail: short hair parted in the middle to lead [...]
THE BRIDE AND GROOM – BAS-RELIEF IN THE PULPIT LUNETTE – DATING APPROXIMATELY TO 1120 – BASILICA OF SAINT AMBROSE, MILAN A soft touch of human warmth brings to life the figures of the spouses intertwined in each other’s arms. Lay masculine apparel of the time differs from the feminine particularly due to the [...]
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. He has curly hair and [...]
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 closed at the ankle. Note [...]
CHRIST CROWNS KING ROGER – MOSAIC OF THE XII CENTURY – CHURCH OF MARTORANA, PALERMO The royal apparel of Roger II, crowned king of Sicily in the Christmas of 1130, is depicted with great accuracy: on the tunic decorated with clubs, the embroidered dalmatica is enriched with a gem-studded loros, on his head he [...]
FRAGMENT OF THE REGAL GOWN OF ROGER II – DATABLE BETWEEN 1133 AND 1134 ( FROM “THE SEPULCHRE GIFTS OF THE DUOMO OF PALERMO RECOGNIZED AND ILLUSTRATED”: FRANCESCO DANIELE, NAPLES 1784) The richness of the apparel and particularly the pomp of the royal court of Palermo are witnessed by this fragment of silk cloth [...]
POPE PASCHAL II AND HENRY II – MANUSCRIPT 373 LATE XI CENTURY – CAMBRIDGE The pontifical apparel corresponds to the descriptions found in documents of the time. Take special note of the snow-white rounded Phrygian, the wide casual and the sacred pallium embellished with crosses which drapes over the shoulders, the silken Dalmatian with [...]
ST. BENEDICT AND THEOBALD THE ABBOT – MINIATURE OF THE CASSINESE CODE N.73 – DATABLE BETWEEN 1022 AND 1035 – ABBAZIA DI MONTECASSINO The abbot and the Saint are wearing identical apparel which mirrors the disposition of the Regula of Saint Benedict: dark cowl (cucullum), manilla tinted scapular and under this a white tunic; [...]
THE WEIGHING OF THE SOULS – BAS-RELIEF DATING TO THE XI CENTURY – SAINT JAMES’ ABBEY, PONTIDA In the youth’s apparel the tunic, fitted at the waist with flared sleeves, assumes a new feature with the pleating of the lower portion, which is slightly lower than the knees. Tight breeches, hair combed behind the [...]
THE ANGEL RAPHAEL – DETAIL OF THE FRESCOES DATING TO THE XI CENTURY – SANT’ANGELO IN FORMIS In the region of Campania the Byzantine tradition lives on, as is shown in the apparel of the angel Raphael with the mantel open on the side, adorned with jeweled ornaments around the neckline and at the [...]
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