Memorial handkerchief
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Title (Dublin Core)
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Memorial handkerchief
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Description (Dublin Core)
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A quadrangular silky handkerchief bears in the middle the printed shape of a golden yellow sun (or of a monstrance), with inside the inscription "VIVA PIO IX" [= long live to Pius IX] decorated with multicolor flowers.
Around the subject, three decreasing frames bear the colors of the french flag (red, white and blu), and a smaller gold-yellow frame share the white frame in two. Yellow and white are the color of the pope flag.
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Type (Dublin Core)
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en
Handkerchief
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Date (Dublin Core)
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1846
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Spatial Coverage (Dublin Core)
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Italy
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Medium (Dublin Core)
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Printed silk
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Extent (Dublin Core)
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88 cm (w)
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83 cm (h)
Memorial Hankerchief