tassello

Updated: May 10, 2025

I detain you a moment at the words "scarlet of Cyprus, or camlet." At Florence, the camel's hair would always have reference to the Baptist, who, as you know, in Lippi's picture, wears the camel's skin itself, made into a Florentine dress, such as Villani has just described, "col tassello sopra," with the hood above. Do you see how important the word "Capulet" is becoming to us, in its main idea?

John Ruskin - Val d'Arno