The research that created these clothes formed part of my doctoral dissertation, which has been published as By the Emperor’s Hand: Court Regalia and Military Dress in the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire, Frontline Books, Barnsley 2015, available via this website or from other retailers.
A monk
The Eparkhos
A junior courtier
Court undress
Upper class casual wear
Upper class outer wear
A typical outfit
“Sunday Best”
Legwear
An Empress
a noblewoman
a “Good Woman”
Typical style
“Ethnic” style
a Dancing Girl
poulaine dress
Arab Men’s dress
Turkish women’s dress
Turkish men’s dress
headwear and mantles
‘Oriental costumes in the Byzantine Court Reconsidered’, Byzantion 75 (2006)
‘Concerning an unrecognised tunic from eastern Anatolia’, Byzantion, 73/1 (2003), pp. 201-210.
‘Rome II: More than just a sequel’, Skirmish, no. 35 (February/March 2005), pp. 19-20.