Relating to or characteristic of Como or the Lake Como region in Italy, or referring to medieval stoneworkers from that region.
From 'Como,' the Italian city, with the suffix '-ine' meaning 'of or relating to.' The term is particularly used in architecture to describe the medieval builders and sculptors from this region.
The Comacine were master stonemasons and builders from Lake Como who traveled throughout medieval Europe—they had secret guilds and special hand signals that inspired Freemasonry!
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