Lady H, please take note of one in particular...
Knitted cap????
Incongruous statue in the Palazzo Medici-Riccardi.
Sir John Hawkwood, immortalized in the Duomo.
One of the Grand Dukes, sans fingers, much of his fig leaf, and virtually all of his dignity.
And last, but not least...
Jack lo Squartatore!!!!!!
And last, but not least...
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Date: 2008-01-15 07:55 pm (UTC)From:My first thought was crochet, with popcorn stitches, but the time (and place and everything else) is all wrong.
Keep these photos coming - I'm having a wonderful pretend vacation!
Stasia
Never Mind the Cap...
Date: 2008-01-15 10:24 pm (UTC)From:Re: Never Mind the Cap...
Date: 2008-01-16 06:58 am (UTC)From:Also, the so-called Medici Quintet of Stradvarii was on loan at the Accademia from the Cherubini Conservatory. The instruments are still played, as could be seen from the wear marks in the varnish on the back of the second viola....:)
Re: Never Mind the Cap...
Date: 2008-01-16 12:15 pm (UTC)From:(You didn't happen to take a wider shot of that statue, did you? No biggie if not--organology isn't your focus :-D)