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This article explores the characteristics and contexts for use of the shirt in Portugal between the end of the 14th century and beginnings of the 15th century. The shirt's use as nightwear is discussed, as well as its relationship with the body and nudity. Formats and materials for the shirt are also analysed through the lens of the different social statuses of the wearers, and with regard to the more general social context of Portugal and the Portuguese at that time. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Is there a realism of the Portuguese cinema? There is, at least, a disposition to observe the subtile transformations of the social tissue, especially in the urban context: "Sangue do Meu sangue", from the director João Canijo, it's one of the most recent and most notable examples of that. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents an analysis of the human shaped figurative gargoyles in the religious building in Portugal, taking into consideration their aesthetic and pedagogical significance ("exempla"). The author addresses particular attention to the gargoyles and their relations to the sins (namely, lust and gluttony), their grotesque and scatological aspects and their didactic function in the architecture of the temples.