Dress and Personal Appearance in Late Antiquity : The Clothing of the Middle and Lower Classes.

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- List of Illustrations -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction: Methodology and Sources -- Sources -- Written Sources -- Archaeological Sources -- Art Historical Sources -- Methodology -- What Did the Clothes Look Like? -- What is the Purpose of the Embellishments on Clothing? -- How Were the Clothes Made? -- An Overview of Dress Studies -- Clothing as Message -- Object 'Biography' -- Conclusion -- Chapter 1 Current Research on Roman Dress -- Clothing and Personal Adornment -- The Toga -- Mantles and Cloaks -- The Tunic -- Trousers and Undergarments -- Belts, Brooches, Bags and Footwear -- Hats and Headgear -- Hair and Cosmetics -- Tattoos, Branding, Mutilation and Other Body Modifications -- Thematic Studies: An Overview and New Research -- Textile Production and Dress -- Regional Variation in Clothing -- Social Status and Dress -- Religion and Dress -- Professional Costumes -- Colour -- Conclusion -- Chapter 2 Late Antique Society -- Clothing in Late Antiquity -- Apotropaism and Clothing: Magical Practice in Late Antiquity -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3 Cultural Values in Clothing: Apotropaic Practices -- The Evil Eye -- Knots and Interlace Patterns -- Coins -- Pictures on Clothing -- Apotropaic Use of Colour -- Apotropaic Words, Signs and Letters on Garments -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4 'The Life of Clothes' in Late Antiquity -- Introduction -- Tunics -- Square Tunics: Catalogue Numbers 1-21 -- Short Sleeved Tunics: Catalogue Numbers 22-42 -- Wide Sleeved Tunics: Catalogue Numbers 43-55 -- Tailored Tunics: Catalogue Numbers 56-72 -- Narrow Sleeved Tunics: Catalogue Numbers 73-187 -- Tunic Embellishment and Dating -- Mantles, Cloaks, Trousers and Accessories -- Sewing and Making and the Textile Industry -- Mending, Darning and Patching -- Cleaning -- Reuse.

Child's Blue Wool Tailored Tunic: Whitworth Art Gallery no. T.8549 (Catalogue no. 71) ( figs. 56a-b) -- Other Examples -- Hats -- Other Forms of Reuse -- Kentrônes and the Second-Hand Clothing Trade -- Conclusion -- Chapter 5 Experimental Knowledge of the Wear and Wearing of Garments -- Methodology -- Tunics -- 1 Square Tunic: Catalogue no. 5: British Museum reg.no. 2004,0910.5 -- 2 Narrow Sleeved Tunic in Plain Linen, Catalogue no. 106: KTN inv. no. 476 -- 3 Narrow Sleeved Tunic in Red Wool -- 4 Narrow Sleeved Tunic in Blue Wool, Catalogue no. 184 -- Whitworth Art Gallery, no. T.8360 -- 5 Linen Dalmatic, Catalogue no. 54: Whitworth Art Gallery, no. T.1995.145 -- 6 Child's Red Wool Narrow Sleeved Tunic with Hood, Catalogue no. 120: Louvre E26525 -- 7 Child's Natural Linen Tunic, Catalogue no. 116: Louvre E26248 -- 8 Child's Narrow Sleeved Tunic in Wool, Catalogue no. 187: Whitworth Art Gallery, no. T.8374 -- 9 Child's Tailored Tunic in Red Wool, Catalogue no. 72: Whitworth Art Gallery, no. T.9885 -- 10 Child's Blue Wool Capped Sleeve Tunic, Catalogue no. 38: Whitworth Art Gallery, no. T.8377 -- 11 Child's Sleeveless Linen Tunic with Hood, Catalogue no. 2: Ashmolean Museum acc. no. AN1888.1109 -- Cloaks -- 1 Adult's Hooded Cloak -- 2 Child's Hooded Cloak -- 3 Hoodless Cloaks -- Making the Clothes -- Conclusion -- Conclusion -- Status -- Religion -- Profession -- Ethnicity -- Embellishments -- Manufacture -- Problems and Final Thoughts -- Catalogue of Tunics in Museum and Archaeological Collections -- Glossary -- Clothing Terms -- Textile Terms -- Bibliography -- Ancient Textual Editions and Inscriptions -- Modern Sources -- Appendix A -- A.1 Evidence of Mending, Patching, Darning and/or Reused Fabric on Tunics and Cloaks -- A.2 Evidence of Mending, Patching, Darning and/or Reused Fabric on Clothing Fragments.

A.3 Evidence of Mending, Patching, Darning and/or Reused Fabric on Hats and Bonnets -- A.4 Evidence of Mending, Patching, Darning and/or Reused Fabric on Socks and Footwear -- A.5 Patchworks: Evidence of the Reuse of Fabric -- A.6 Evidence of Mending, Patching, Darning and/or Reused Fabric on Accessories, Toys and Trousers -- Appendix B: Figured Tapestry Panels from Tunics in the Collection of Textiles from the Burial Grounds in Egypt, in the V&amp -- A Museum (colour of script indicates ground colour of textile) -- B.1 Wool Tapestry with Figures -- B.2 Silk Embroideries with Figures -- B.3 Silk Weavings with Figures -- Appendix C.1: Apotropiac Elements in Children's Garments from Museum Collections and Archaeological Excavations -- Appendix C.2 Apotropiac Elements in Adult Garments from Museum Collections and Archaeological Excavations -- Appendix D: Papyri References to Cloth and Clothing Manufacture -- D.1 Wool and Flax Preparation -- D.2 Cloth and Clothing Manufacture -- D.3 Apprenticing Weavers/Tailors -- D.4 Associations to Do with Cloth and Clothing Manufacture -- D.5 Mending -- D.6 Other Professions Related to Textile and Clothing Manufacture and Care -- D.7 Inventories Including Clothing -- Appendix E: References to Clothing in Late Antiquity -- Index.

Dress and Personal Appearance in Late Antiquity. The Clothing of the Middle and Lower Classes examines written, art historical and archaeological evidence to understand the way that cloth and clothing was made, embellished, cared for and recycled during this period.

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