see Figure 6 as an example). A dozen different languages were used and I think the students had most fun in this aspect trying to decipher them. One said it was like a real life Da Vinci Code. ! The

Examples of the ‘Three Marys’ iconographical tradition. Jacopo di Cicone 1370 St Alban’s Psalter 1130 Pray Codex 1190 (nationalgallery.org.uk) (medievalartresearch.co) (en.wikipedia.org)

This demonstrates that in a practical example of invisible mending, firstly there will be a small border to the damage where the cloth is denser that elsewhere, and also that the loose ends of all

for example, shows decreasing peaks at mass 55, 69, 83, 97, 111, 125 etc. as shown in the spectrograph over the page, taken from lipidlibrary.aocs.org, and quoted by Bella. Note that each peak emerges

and may simply be an example of pareidolia, that tendency of the human brain to see a face in any conceivable pattern. If not, then it is also in a very anachronistic style. ! Across the top of this

nor in 1898 (the year of Umberto’s example), but in the 28th year of Pope Pius IX’s pontificate, i.e. 1873. But Charles- Emmanuel’s grandfather Theodore was not even born then. So if the print

surface. Figure 7 shows an example. I broke this fiber from an AD 1620 sample by tension, and two slip planes are clearly visible at the right end of the dark segment. Modern linen samples show many

are an example to us all and me, in particular. I have a weakness for the “big picture” and can sometimes find the details a distraction. I hope to elucidate what I mean and, hopefully, justify

He gave a number of examples of anomalous dates given by various radiocarbon examinations of bones, clays and pottery. He warned that a number of factors could affect the reliability of a radiocarbon

weave, not a single one of his nine ancient examples truly support his contention that such a weave for such a cloth was possible in the 1st century, and it is all too apparent that he has relied on