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...walls of the chapel in the Medici Palace, now known as the Riccardi Palace, in Florence. It represents "Lorenzo the Magnificent," mounted on a richly caparisoned white horse at the head of "The Procesion of the Magi." He wears a yellow and gold tunic with red sleeves, red silk tights, and, on his flowing curls; a jeweled cap surmounted by a crown. Knights on horseback and on foot form his escort...
...Coffee, .15 1/2 .07 1/2 48 Cotton, .40 .22 1/2 56 Cotton Yarns, .85 .45 .53 Flour, 16.75 11.00 68 Gingham, .27 1/2 .20 74 Hides, .55 .24 44 Leather, 2.90 2.40 83 Lard, .25 .19 76 Potatoes, 7.50 3.25 43 Rice, .15 .09 60 Rubber, .48 .24 50 Silk, 17.80 5.00 28 Sugar, .15 .12 80 Tea, .31 .20 65 Tobacco, .52 .30 58 Wool, 1.65 1.10 67 Worsted Yarns...
Luxury occasionally crept into the blue-stocking atmosphere that pervaded the old hall in its youth. One committee censured the students for "wearing gold or silver lace, brocades, and silk nightgowns...
...gold or silver brocade and lace. From then on various sumptuary laws were proclaimed regulating to the minutest detail every man's apparel--Sometimes prescribing on what public occasions nightgowns should be worn, and sometimes forbidding them altogether, as in 1822: "A night-gown of cotton, or fabric, or silk fabric may be worn....except on the Sabbath or occasions when undress would be improper." Finally, in 1870, the size of the college and the students growing spirit of independence caused these laws to be abolished. From then on, it was a custom for Seniors to appear at Class...
...woman who has knitted two pairs of socks and three helmets for soldiers feels overwhelming need for self-expression and goes out and buys hyacinth blue wool, out of which she fabricates a sweater to wear over her yellow silk. She does not so much express herself as the imp of restlessness that has her momentarily at his mercy...