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300-1450
Greek speaking (not Latin)
Eastern Roman Empire
Centering around Constantinople
Emperor and Empress lived in Constantinople
Constantly at war (crusadors)
Ottoman Turks destroyed the Empire by overturning Constantinople in 1453 |
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Art (much of religious motif)
Christ as king; Mary as Queen
Mosaics
Carved Ivories
Illuminated Manuscripts
Art may represent people in symbolic garb; so not a literal source of costume evidence in many cases |
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Evolution of dress from Roman (western) to Middle Easter-increasingly omate
Rich pattern
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Color |
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| Byzantine Costume for Men |
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Long or short tunics
Tunic with fitted long sleeves under tunic with shorter sleeves
Outer tunic: dalmatic
Clavi
Segmentae
Late byxantine period-long tunics for more wealthy
Paludamentum
empress
Not worn outside
Tablion: They wore a semi circular cloak that fastened at the center front
A square decoration in contrasting colored fabric located at the edge of fabric over the breast
Alb
Chasible
Pallium or lorum: |
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| decorative stripes on tunic; do not show status as the Roman strip did |
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| square or round decorative medallions |
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| Long tunics for more wealthy |
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| cloak for upper class men and the empress |
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| wore a semi circular cloak that fastened at the center front; a square decoration in contrasting colored fabric located at teh edge of fabric over the breast |
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long, white tunic
narrow sleeves
slit for head
tied with a belt |
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tan
round roman cape
given up by laity and worn by clergy |
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| long, narrow, and sometimes heavily jeweled scarf |
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basic garments
below the knee
tight at full sleeved
fitted at the wrist
working men tucked excess fabric into their belts so they could work and have mobility
wealthier: more details on tunic
domatic tunic: shorter, fuller sleeve
after 1000 ad: cut and sewn
under tunics
had fitted sleeves
outer tunics
shorter than under tunics
had a belt
wider
emperors wore crowns with strings of pearls hanging on the sides |
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| Byzantine costume for Byzantine Women |
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Tunic and palla or Rome continue
Long sleeved tunic (dalmatica)
Layering of tunics
Palla and veils
Hair sometimes parted in center; less ornate than Roman; heads valid
Wore double layered tunics
Under tunic
Long fitted sleeves
Right at knees or a little bit below
Wealthier: longer
Outer tunic
Short
Full
Open sleeves
4th and 12th century: veils turbans and caps
Men and Woman
Wore hose held up by garters
Always wore shoes with hose
Footwear
Shoes made of cloth
Buckle |
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Byzantine very fine weaves
4th and 6th centuries linen predominated
Silk a secret process of Chinese, then Koreans and Japanese
6th century- Byzantine monks brought the secret of silk production to the empire, learning how the silkworm was bred, raised, and fed (smuggled silk worm eggs in the shaft of a bamboo pole)
Byzantine monopoly
NO COTTON |
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Germanic tribes destroyed the western Roman Empire (Visigoths, Vandals, Huns, Franks, etc)
Artistic an cultural life of Rome was obliterated (brief respite under Charlemagne)
One unifying factor: Church
Beginning fo feudal system
Difficult life |
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