As if I needed any more evidence that I need to learn Turk's head knots, here is an image of a purse trimmed with them from the fresco Allegories of the Virtues and Vices painted by Giotto in 1303-5. This detail depicts Invidia (envy). For further information about this fresco please see the book mentioned in my last post.
I find it amusing that here is a serious image about vices and (presumably) the consequential burning in hell and all that kind of moral stuff, and all we are interested in is the turk's-head knots...
ReplyDeleteThanks for these interesting images :)
Thanks for posting this picture!
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