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.
- ISBN10 1349733660
- ISBN13 9781349733668
- Publish Date 14 January 2014 (first published 22 February 2006)
- Publish Status Cancelled
- Imprint Palgrave MacMillan
- Edition 2005 ed.
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 205
- Language English