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preciosity
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That process eventually linked most of the Old World into a far more closely interacting whole than had prevailed when only foraging bands collided and peacefully exchanged preciosities with one another on festival occasions.
A variety of 'invisible exports' may have passed both ways: the preciosities at the heart of most ceremonial exchange relationships are frequently accompanied by prosaic exchanges of staples and low-value goods.
Despite the seemingly retrospective flair of the genre, there is something uniquely "baroque" in the sense of marvel that the sonorous preciosities of this style seem to want to evoke.
 
 
 
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