As for Damascio it is probably Damask which is a brocade, heavy fabric.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nerida Newbigin [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 1998 2:24 PM
> To: Italian Studies
> Subject: Cacamauro, panno tedesco, de amascio
>
> I am looking at inventories and expenses relating to Easter Plays in
> the Colosseum in the 1490s. Could someone tell me what Caiaphas's
> brocade "cacamauro" (Uno cacamauro de imbroccato per Chaifas) would
> be? And what kind of German cloth "panno tedesco" is? And "de amascio"
> in the "veste di Christo damascio [elsewhere de amascio] incarnato
> nova, foderata di pelle" is. The outfit is his flesh-coloured
> body-suit, I think, but I don't think it is damask.
>
> Many thanks,
> Nerida Newbigin
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