In Byzantium there were two overlapping systems of dress: a semiotic one whereby dress was a code for rank and wealth, and a fashion system where dress was based on the desire to look a certain way. This book explains secular dress from the eighth to the twelfth centuries through an examination of painted representations.

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'This book is a welcome addition to the history of Byzantine dress. It presents a concise coverage of the Middle Byzantine period (eighth to twelfth centuries) using paintings (both frescoes and illustrated manuscripts) as its main evidence...It will be a good addition to the libraries of Byzantine historians and dress historians.' - Medieval Clothing and Textiles

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JENNIFER L. BALL is Assistant Professor of Medieval Art History at Brooklyn College, New York, USA.

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Book Title: Byzantine Dress
Book Subtitle: Representations of Secular Dress
Authors: Jennifer L. Ball
Series Title: The New Middle Ages
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-05779-2
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Nature America Inc. 2005
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4039-6700-8Published: 22 February 2006
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-05779-2Published: 23 September 2016
Series ISSN: 2945-5936
Series E-ISSN: 2945-5944
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VII, 205
Topics: Medieval Literature, Ancient History, History of Medieval Europe, Design, general, Industrial Design, Classical and Antique Literature

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

Front Matter

Introduction

Imperial Dress

Court Dress

Dress of the Borderland Elite

Non-Elite Dress

An Examination of the Textile Evidence

Conclusion

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