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i have a friend from overseas that i wanna get a gift for what would be?

something to get him , that is unique to america , im from new york he , lives in rome so what would be something really cool and american , that he couldnt get over there in italy , i also wanna throw him some knick nak things about my area is that too cheesy? help
also he is a musician , would hard rock stuff be appropirate too…. im really tryin to get him something unique , hes into 80s rock and his bands kinda that way he is a bassist

T-shirts, caps, and other types of clothing articles with “I love NY” written on them.

Also, send him some pictures of some of the wonderful landmarks in the city with you standing in front of them.

The Chapel of the Magi in Palazzo Medici $10 by F. Cardini – Preface by C. Acidini Luchinat – With an essay by L. Ricciardi – publication year: 2001 – paperback. 140×210 mm. 96 pp. – 110 colour illustrations -“The Chapel of the Magi in Palazzo Medici-Riccardi is one of those place in Italy – many. but not too many – in which history and art combine to bear witness to the past in a way that is absolutely exceptional. In this case we are dealing with a period in the past that has been extraordinarily celebrated. studied and loved. so as to achieve an almost mythic status: the age of the Renaissance in Medicean Florence. (…)Nearly ten years have gone by since the conclusion of the restoration and the publication of scholarly studies (both as part of the Laurentian celebrations and independently). and it is now highly opportune that the essence of these writings should have been distilled by Franco Cardini. the author of so many enlightening pages on the Florentine Middle Ages and Renaissance. as well as on the Chapel itself. His synthesis is completed by Lucia Ricciardi’s essay. full of useful information on the heraldic. symbolic and allegorical imagery related to the Medici family. (…)If it is true – as we believe – that every ancient testimony of human creativity bears the marks of its own uniqueness and irreplaceability. then it is all the more certain that the Chapel of the Magi is unique and irreplaceable. where art. faith. culture and power came together in an exceptional combination of circumstances. to give to the world a masterpiece of evocative capacity that is without equal. On the walls of the Chapel. among the precious furnishings that surround them. Benozzo’s paintings link the remote past of the Nativity and the Journey of the Magi with the contemporary world of 15th-century Florence. presenting us with a collective portrait – both fascinating and mysterious – of a dinasty that was primus inter pares in the society of its time: the Medici. at the peak of their influence and riches in the happy year 1456. from the aged Cosimo to his first-born son Piero and his grandsons Lorenzo and Giuliano. with their relatives and associates and distinguished guests. We who are admitted to these memories. still so vivid and expressive after more than five centuries. enjoy a journey back through time. one that thrills and enriches us.”(From the preface by C. Acidini Luchinat. Superintendent of the Opificio delle Pietre Dure.)Franco Cardini. internationally known as a historian. is Professor of Medieval History at the University of Florence. He writes for many Italian and foreign journals. publishers and institutions.

Pecorino al mosto $1 The seasoning has always had a fundamental importance in the production of cheese. With the maturing cheese is enriched and purchase unique flavors. Through the maturing cheese absorbs from the air and from the nuances of aromas and flavors of extreme refinement, something that is the exact opposite of that approval is obtained with industrial techniques. Pecorino with marc gave surprising results, because the trend has been accentuated by the matching between cheese and wine, which is considered in its simplicity as one of the top culinary refinement. The best forms of cheese are made to mature in small oak immersed in the pomace. Cheese breathe for a few months, the intense smell of wine and buy a taste of indefinable harmony.

Toscana Chocolate Cream $11 More than just a chocolate cream, it is a symposium of flavour that brings together prestigious guests: outstanding cacao from the Tessieri family’s plantations, and the finest hazelnuts, selected and toasted in-house by Amedei, to release all the intense sweetness of their aroma. And then there’s brown sugar, milk, and top-quality vanilla. All of this is blended together with the love, expertise, and unique touch of skill that only Amedei, always a top-ranked chocolatier, can impart to its creations. With a melt-in-your-mouth, velvety texture, extraordinarily spreadable, completely free of all synthetic flavourings, ingredients and preservatives, Crema Toscana from the Amedei For You collection is delicious even by the spoonful. Children will love it, but adults are the ones who will truly be enthralled…

Boning Knife in cow horn cm 31/12.2 inc $113 The blade of medium length, stiff and tapered shape, which serves to detach the meat from the ‘bone, is also called "Scortichino. Mainly used by butchers, but is also useful in the kitchen for small animals like rabbits, chickens and wild game. One of his classic use is applied to the ham, to separate the ‘bone from the flesh. E ‘, but’ s unique, perhaps one of the few knives that you can grab a fist with the blade down, like a dagger. The tip of the knife should be very sharp and very hard to ensure the proper functionality.Technical specifications  Blade: 420 stainless steel forged  Handle: tip of ox horn, olive wood, buffalo horn * (on request), boxwood * (on request)

Boning Knife in olive wood cm 31/12.2 inc $88 The blade of medium length, stiff and tapered shape, which serves to detach the meat from the ‘bone, is also called "Scortichino. Mainly used by butchers, but is also useful in the kitchen for small animals like rabbits, chickens and wild game. One of his classic use is applied to the ham, to separate the ‘bone from the flesh. E ‘, but’ s unique, perhaps one of the few knives that you can grab a fist with the blade down, like a dagger. The tip of the knife should be very sharp and very hard to ensure the proper functionality.Technical specifications  Blade: 420 stainless steel forged  Handle: olive wood, buffalo horn * (on request), boxwood * (on request)

Pecorino Gran Riserva $25 Pecorino "Grand Reserve" comes from the oldest tradition of Tuscan. Cheese was intended to grow old and well seasoned to be eaten during the winter. The pack in five or six major forms of chili seasoning made possible a prolonged and favored by the slow maturation, the development of a harmonious flavor and firm. Pecorino "Grand Reserve" has the same flavor of the Tuscan countryside, pastures and fresh air scented that over the years provides a unique slow maturation. A cheese for important occasions, to be combined with important wines such as Brunello di Montalcino and Nobile di Montepulciano.

The Opera del Duomo Museum in Florence $12 text by C. Montrésor – publication year: 2000 – paperback. 150×210 mm. 192 pp. – over 300 colour illustrations and maps -The Opera del Duomo Museum. Florence. houses works that were conceived and made for the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore. for Giotto’s Campanile and for the Baptistery of San Giovanni: a unique collection. in many respects. The first of these is its artistic value: here are masterpieces by artists such as Arnolfo di Cambio. Andrea Pisano. Lorenzo Ghiberti. Luca della Robbia. Donatello. Michelangelo is represented by the celebrated Pietà del Duomo. Known all over the world for its sculpture. the collection also comprises paintings. illuminated manuscripts. goldsmiths’ work. liturgical vestments. building equipment. architectural models and drawings. This priceless collection – together with thousands of documents covering a period of over 700 years – is still housed today at the Opera del Duomo. an institution founded in the late 13th century by the Florentine Republic to supervise the construction of the Cathedral.But what is especially striking in the Museum’s newly rearranged rooms is an extraordinary sense of unity. arising from the overwhelming desire of all the artists – from the greatest sculptor to the most obscure goldsmith – to make their own mark on an immense enterprise. the construction and decoration of one of the greatest monumental complexes of the world. This is the grand theme which emerges from the new arrangement: the portrait of a city which for centuries has deployed all its artistic. financial and administrative resources to create something without equal anywhere. “For us no memorial remains”. said Filippo Brunelleschi. “save the walls which bear witness to their makers. for hundreds and thousands of years”. Of the success of this venture – on which he himself set the seal of genius – the visitor of today must be the judge.

The Library on Display – The Shape of the Book: From Roll to Codex(3rd century BC-19th century AD) $14 edited by F. Arduini – with an essay by G. Cavallo – February 2008 – paperback; 140×200 mm; 96 pp. – 64 colour illustrations -Following the success of Imaginary Creatures. the Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana inaugurates “The Shape of the Book: From Roll to Codex” (Florence. Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana. 15 February–31 July 2008). the second event of the Library on Display project. a series of theme-based exhibitions of Laurentian manuscripts.Both the exhibition and the catalogue are divided into two sections. the Papyrus Collection and the Manuscript Collection. The first section opens with the famous Sappho ostrakon first published by Medea Norsa (PSI XIII 1300). a potsherd on which a pupil from the 2nd century BC wrote some strophes of an ode possibly dedicated to Aphrodite. and includes waxed wooden tablets. a lead tablet. carbonized papyri. papyrus fragments (of particular interest are several documents from the Zenon Archive. 3rd century BC). and papyrus and parchment rolls and codices.Differing markedly in terms of format. production. script and decoration. the rolls and codices included in the second section illustrate significant stages in the evolution of the book form through the ages. Several manuscripts document the activity of notable centres of book production during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. from the imperial scriptorium at Constantinople to monasteries and high-quality workshops in Europe and particularly in 15th-century Florence. The section features a codex in Giovanni Boccaccio’s own hand. one of the models of the so-called “Danti del Cento” (a group of 100 manuscripts of Dante’s Divine Comedy produced in the 14th century) and examples of pocket and giant Bibles. ending with a superbly illuminated Persian manuscript and two Oriental scrolls from China and Japan respectively. unusual sights in Italian conservation libraries.The masterful introductory essay by Guglielmo Cavallo offers an overview of the history of the book from the papyrus roll to the invention of the printing press. a field in which his expertise is virtually unparalleled.Franca Arduini is Director of the Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (Laurentian Library). Florence.Guglielmo Cavallo is Professor of Greek Palaeography at the Università di Roma “La Sapienza”. He is one of the world’s leading experts on palaeography and the history of writing.

The Medici. Story of a European Dinasty $12 by F. Cesati – publication year: 1999 – paperback. 150×210 mm. 144 pp. – 209 colour illustrations -This concise and brilliant book reads like a piece of journalism in the best sense of the term. It is an account of the more and less celebrated events that made the Medici into Italy’s most illustrious historic family. one that produced two popes. two Queens of France and such a multi-faceted and extraordinary figure as Lorenzo the Magnificent.With an entirely original and non-provincial approach. the author traces the dazzling rise and fall of this dynasty. from the first standard-bearer to the last Grand Duke. tirelessly bringing out its historical links with Florence. Italy and Europe. The many illustrations. clarified by ample captions. do not add up to a mere gallery of official portraits. but attempt to capture the individual figures in their more human and quotidian aspect.

Vedo Ruby Piston Fountain Pen $150 Vedo ruby fountain pen. iridium point nib (F. M. italic 1.1). Filling system: pistonColorful and youthful perfect for all ages and occasions. The pearlized spectras of color are like jewels that are completley turned and realized by hand one by one. Another unique feature is the trasparent resevoir that allows you to visualize the use of the ink.