Late Medieval Fashion Redressed

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Coloring the Fencing Master in the Getty Fiore’s Segno della Spada

Or, How Coloring Can Teach You More About Medieval Clothing As part of advancement in some swordplay schools, students take on progressively larger projects and skills assessments. One such student, Erin Fitzgerald, in preparation for an advanced rank chose an ambitious art project as one of her qualifying works. She decided to reproduce the Segno della …

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My trip to Verona, Italy in May of 2014

This is a long, meandering tale. If your attention span is not up to the task, just skim through all the pictures. Almost two weeks ago I got on a plane and traveled to Italy. But let me back up and give you some history first… The plan for this trip germinated a year ago …

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