Bibliography of a Byzantine Nature:
These are excellent books to look at if you want more information regarding the clothing and ornaments of the Byzantine Empire. However since my last updating of this tool in 1995, more extant garments have been uncovered and more work published. I'll see what I can do about getting more resources listed.
- Beckwith, John. Art of Constantinople. London: Phaidon Press, 1961.
- Bon, A. Byzantium. Geneva: Nagel, 1972.
- Boucher, Francois. 20,000 Years of Fashion. New York: Abrams, no date.
- Burnham, Dorothy. Cut My Cote. Toronto: Royal Ontario Museum,Textile Department, 1973.
- Chatzidakis, M. & A. Grabar. Byzantine and Early Medieval Painting.New York: Viking Press, 1965.
- Estham, I & M. Nockert. Opera Textilia Variorum Temporum. Stockholm: Statens Historiska Museum, 1988.
- Crowfoot, E., F. Pritchard, & K. Staniland. Textiles and Clothing c.1150 Ü c. 1450. Medieval Finds from Excavations in London, vol. 4. London: Her Majesty's Stationary Office, 1992.
- Demus, Otto. Byzantine Art and the West. New York: New York Press, 1970.
- Gervers, Veronika. "Medieval Garments in the Mediterranean World." In Cloth and Clothing in Medieval Europe, ed. N.B. Harte and K.G. Ponting, pp. 270-315. Pasold Studies in Textile History, vol. 2. London: Heinemann Educational Books, 1983.
- Grabar, Andre. Art of the Byzantine Empire. New York: Crown Publishers, 1963.
- Grabar, Andre. Byzantine Art: Theodosius to Islam. London: Thames and Hudson, 1966.
- Hart, Harold. Encyclopedia of Design. New York: Hart Publishing Co., no date.
- Houston, M. G. Clothing of Ancient Greece, Rome and Byzantium. London: AC Black, 1947.
- Hutter, Irmgard. Early Christian and Byzantine Art. Universe Books, 1971.
- Katz, Ruth. Card Weaving. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., 1977.
- Kazhdan, A.P. & A. Wharton-Epstein. Change in Byzantine Culture in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries. Berkley, CA: University of California Press, 1990.
- Kendrick, A.F. Catalogue of Textiles: vol 3, "Textiles from Burying Grounds in Egypt." London: Her MajestyÍs Stationary Office, 1922.
- Payne, Blanche. History of Costume. New York: Harper & Row, 1965
- Rice, David T. The Appreciation of Byzantine Art. London: Oxford University Press, 1972.
- Shuette, Marie & Mueller-Christansen, Sigrid. History of Embroidery. London: Thames & Hudson, 1963
- Trilling, James. "Roman Heritage, Textiles from Egypt and the Eastern Mediterranean. 300 to 600 ad [sic]," vol 21 of Textile Museum Journal. Washington, DC: The Textile Museum, 1982.
- Trustees of the British Museum, Jewelry through 7000 Years London: Barron's Educational Series, 1978
- Wessel, Klaus. Byzantine Enamels. Greenwich : New York Graphic Society, Ltd., 1967
- Wessel, Klaus. Coptic Art. New York: McGraw Hill, 1965
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Last Updated: 12-19 1995
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