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Showing posts with label John VIII. Show all posts
Showing posts with label John VIII. Show all posts
22 August 2011

Misunderstanding Mistra, Part Two

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Wedding crowns, Athens     Last night when I was not sleeping, I found myself thinking about the marriages of the sons of Manuel II Palaio...
08 November 2010

Toufa, Toupha: Part Three

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  Detail, second king, from Adoration of the Magi, Gentile da Fabriano , 1422-23,  Florence An earlier Western conception of the toup...
09 June 2010

PS, Part Four: About Distinctions

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Large Spotted Cats In working on the entries for the Leopard Wranglers , I read five different books on Gozzoli and the frescos i...
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