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Byzantine Dress: A Guide
 
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ISBN13:9780367560003
ISBN10:0367560003
Binding:Hardback
No. of pages:328 pages
Size:246x174 mm
Language:English
Illustrations: 86 Illustrations, black & white; 86 Halftones, black & white
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Byzantine Dress: A Guide

 
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Publisher: Routledge
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This book offers approaches to the study of Byzantine dress of elites and non-elites, in sacred and secular modes, from the beginning of the Empire in the fourth century until the fifteenth century.

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This book offers approaches to the study of Byzantine dress of elites and non-elites, in sacred and secular modes, from the beginning of the Empire in the fourth century until the fifteenth century. Byzantine dress is considered from within and outside of the Empire, and examines both artefactual remains as well as emphasizing studies that elucidate Byzantine dress when few or no artifacts exist.


Byzantine Dress: A Guide tackles current conceptual frameworks in the first three chapters and considers identity and sartorial signaling among Byzantines as well as foreigners in images as well as actual items of dress.  A second section addresses material considerations, reflecting on construction and its effect on value. The interpretation of archaeological material is analyzed, along with reconstruction and context. Dress as part of rituals ? at court, church, and in various ceremonies ? is the focus of a third section. The final two chapters bring Byzantine dress into conversation with dress studies more broadly. A discursive chapter argues for a fashion system within the Byzantine Empire, which has been largely seen as pre-dating the notion of fashion.  The final chapter concerns display, interpretation and conservation of fragmentary material in a museum context.


This book aims toward a general audience new to the subject of Byzantine dress. Specialists in Byzantine studies and dress studies more generally will find the attention to current scholarship and archaeological interpretation invaluable for research, and the book will also appeal to an audience new to the subject of Byzantine dress.

Table of Contents:

Introduction


Jennifer Ball


 


SECTION I: Perspectives on Byzantine Dress


 


Chapter 1. Byzantine identity and dress


Maria Parani


 


Chapter 2. Uniformity and Distinction


Jennifer Ball


 


Chapter 3. Dressing Beyond Byzantium: Negotiating Identity Through Local and Imported Fashion


Cristina Stancioiu


 


SECTION II. Value and Construction


           


Chapter 4. Jewelry


Georgios Makris


 


Chapter 5. Dressing the Non-Elite in the Byzantine Empire


Arielle Winnick


 


Chapter 6. The Construction and Re-Use of Clothing in the Late Antique Period               


Faith Pennick Morgan


             


SECTION III. Clothing Rituals


 


Chapter 7. Byzantine Dress in Marriage Rituals


Gabriel Radle


 


Chapter 8. Liturgical Dress


Warren Woodfin


 


Chapter 9. Ceremonial and Diplomatic Dress


Tim Dawson


 


Chapter 10: The Byzantine Fashion System


Jennifer Ball


 


Chapter 11: Displaying Byzantine Dress


Kathrin Colburn and Elizabeth Dospěl-Williams