Belt, ca. 1330–50, Made in possibly Genoa, Italy, North Italian, Silver, with traces of gilding and enamel; modern textile

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Belt, ca. 1330–50, Made in possibly Genoa, Italy, North Italian, Silver, with traces of gilding and enamel; modern textile support, 65 3/8 × 1 5/16 × 9/16 in. (166 × × cm), The celebrated Italian poet Giovanni Boccaccio (1313–1375) tells of a silver belt stolen from a virtuous Genoese woman that was offered for sale in the market at Acre, a principal arrival point for European Christian pilgrims

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