The pocket handkerchief is in fact only 400 years old. It was the idea of a Venetian lady to cut a square out of pure flax and then decorate it with lace. She showed it to the people in a public garden, where the delicate handkerchief excited the general curiosity of the onlookers.
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Catullus (87-57 BC) mentions handkerchiefs in his poems quite often, but he gives no information on how often they were used nor any history prior to his ...
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The history of handkerchiefs, however, dates back thousands of years. The actors in the Ancient Rome in the II century AD. used white handkerchiefs playing comedies and satyrs. And the audience in the tribunes used to wave the handkerchiefs during games ... Fashion Designers Style Fashion History Men's Fashion...
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From the 1st cent. BC, Roman men of rank used an oblong cloth of linen (the sudarium ) chiefly to wipe perspiration from the face and hands. During the empire a square handkerchief of cotton or silk was carried, especially by women. The han...
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Helen Gustafson applies her storytelling talents to the enchanting, unique history of the handkerchief in America. Part memoir, part social history, HANKY PANKY weaves a captivating tale of this delicate linen, which is now enjoying a renaissance of sorts.... ... Subtitle: An Intimate History of the Handkerchief...
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; Handkerchief; Only once in Authorized Version (Acts 19:12). The Greek word; (sudarion) so rendered means properly "a sweat-cloth." It is rendered "napkin" in John 11:44; 20:7; Luke 19:20. ... Eastons Bible Dictionary Home; Bible History Online Home;
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; HANDKERCHIEF; han'-ker-chif (soudarion): A loan-word from the Latin sudarium, found in plural in Acts 19:12, soudaria; compare sudor, "perspiration"; literally, "a cloth used to wipe off perspiration." Elsewhere it is rendered "napkin" (Lk 19:20; ... International Standard Bible Encyclopedia Home; Bible History Online Home;
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