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Return of Beatrice to Milan Visit of Duke Ercole and Alfonso to Pavia Death of Duchess Leonora Beatrice's camora and Niccolo da Correggio's fantasia dei vinci Marriage of Bianca Maria Sforza to Maximilian, King of the Romans, celebrated at Milan Letter of Beatrice to Isabella d'Este Wedding fêtes and journey of the bride to Innsbrück Maximilian's relations with his wife Bianca's future life.
Fustian and taffeta were less costly, but frequently used in important work, as also were sarcenet and camora. Velvet and satin were of later date, not occurring until the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. Baudekin, a good silk and golden weave, was very popular. Cut velvets with elaborate patterns were made in Genoa.
The Moro praised her good taste, saying that he had already had a camora, or robe, made for his wife of this material, and begged her to accept fifteen yards of the same stuff, and wear it for his sake. "This brocade," wrote Isabella joyfully to her husband, "is worth at least forty ducats a yard!"
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