S. Vitale (Ravenna, Italy): Mosaic: Emperor Justinian and His Retinue: Detail

Published/Created:

ca. 547

Date Depicted:

1975
500 AD - 1499 AD

Notes:

In typical Byzantine style, a court dignitary is in a thin beard and mustache with a pageboy hairstyle. The paludamentum is fastened by an unusual looped knot.

Topics:

Mosaics -- Italy -- 6th century -- (YVRC)

Culture:

Byzantine

Accession Number:

4388-189

Genre:

costume (mode of fashion): clothing (AAT)
mosaics (AAT)

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Clothing & Accessories
Furnishings & Decorative Arts

Rights:

The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.

Access Restrictions:

Yale Community Only

Related Exhibit or Resource:

Early Christian and Byzantine: 1st-12th century: Byzantine Hair and Headdresses: Men

Source Creator:

Button, Jeanne and Sbarge, Stephen

Source Title:

History of Costume, In Slides, Notes and Commentaries: Volume 1

Source Created:

New York, NY
Theatre Arts Slide Presentations
1975

Call Number:

GT513 +B87 1 (LC)

Orbis Barcode:

39002051938497

Yale Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Digital Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Original Repository:

Ravenna, Italy: S. Vitale

OID:

10542885

PID:

digcoll:1805456