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Hanging cloth
12021-07-20T14:12:39-07:00Helen B. Kampmann Marodin057612e7fc4f8728b1dcdf23e7ab160b2ebfb68f228492plain2021-07-20T14:17:52-07:00Helen B. Kampmann Marodin057612e7fc4f8728b1dcdf23e7ab160b2ebfb68fPeople entrapped in a bridge from which there appears to be no way out hangs a cloth on the parapet. The cloth can be interpreted both as a flag or a rug, the latter as usually displayed in marches promoted by the Catholic Church, like the possesso and the Chimea, in Rome in Piranesi's time.
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