04-29-2009, 11:13 AM
Rick,
I don't have any experience in that pattern but the sort of cloak you select will depend on what impression you are aiming at. I know your interests are very broad. If you are after a late Roman early Byzantine look that cloak pattern will fit the bill. Search the RAT Forum for sagum, it and other forms I'm sure have been discussed a lot on different threads.
However, if you are after a middle Byzantine cloak then the semicircular is the shape you need. The coronation cloak of Roger II of Sicily (12th cent) is a great example of this style. See [url:2l930n09]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/44/Weltliche_Schatzkammer_Wienc.jpg[/url] It has a dip at the neck so the material doesn't "ruch".
Early middle Byzantine examples like that found in the Leo bible (Circa 935) don't have this cut out and bunch behind the neck. See [url:2l930n09]http://campus.belmont.edu/honors/macedonian/c935LeoBibleLeoToTheotok.jpg[/url] and [url:2l930n09]http://campus.belmont.edu/honors/macedonian/10thBibleofLeoSNikolaosWithAbbots.jpg[/url].
By about 960 the Paris psalter has the chlamys look like this [url:2l930n09]http://campus.belmont.edu/honors/macedonian/10thParisPsaltDavidWisdomProphecy.jpg[/url] and the Vatican Psalter like this [url:2l930n09]http://campus.belmont.edu/honors/macedonian/10thVaticanPsalterDavidWisdomProph.jpg[/url].
The Basil Psalter (which is really a Menelogion) has the cape represented like this: [url:2l930n09]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dc/Basilios_II.jpg[/url]
If you need I can e-mail you instructions for the semicircular cape and how to drape it.
I don't have any experience in that pattern but the sort of cloak you select will depend on what impression you are aiming at. I know your interests are very broad. If you are after a late Roman early Byzantine look that cloak pattern will fit the bill. Search the RAT Forum for sagum, it and other forms I'm sure have been discussed a lot on different threads.
However, if you are after a middle Byzantine cloak then the semicircular is the shape you need. The coronation cloak of Roger II of Sicily (12th cent) is a great example of this style. See [url:2l930n09]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/44/Weltliche_Schatzkammer_Wienc.jpg[/url] It has a dip at the neck so the material doesn't "ruch".
Early middle Byzantine examples like that found in the Leo bible (Circa 935) don't have this cut out and bunch behind the neck. See [url:2l930n09]http://campus.belmont.edu/honors/macedonian/c935LeoBibleLeoToTheotok.jpg[/url] and [url:2l930n09]http://campus.belmont.edu/honors/macedonian/10thBibleofLeoSNikolaosWithAbbots.jpg[/url].
By about 960 the Paris psalter has the chlamys look like this [url:2l930n09]http://campus.belmont.edu/honors/macedonian/10thParisPsaltDavidWisdomProphecy.jpg[/url] and the Vatican Psalter like this [url:2l930n09]http://campus.belmont.edu/honors/macedonian/10thVaticanPsalterDavidWisdomProph.jpg[/url].
The Basil Psalter (which is really a Menelogion) has the cape represented like this: [url:2l930n09]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dc/Basilios_II.jpg[/url]
If you need I can e-mail you instructions for the semicircular cape and how to drape it.
Peter Raftos
