08-10-2006, 12:37 PM
Hello Galla!
Well, I didn't have a close look to the mid-5th century imperial clothing. But the tunicas you and your accompagnists were wearing seem to me to be a little bit late - more tending to the 6th century, and as you've said, like theodora. I don't know if there were rectangular necklines in the 5th century and I have not seen these veils your attendants are wearing before. As a cloak, okay, but as a veil? Most women did wear a seperate very thin veil to show that they are christians (will be mentioned in part three, Orantic style), and the imperial mosaics show all the accompagnists unveiled. For sacrificium or any other holy happening you would turn your cloak over your head, shure.
What can be seen on the pictures (esp. The Ravenna mosaic from San Vitale wich is the source for all the paintings) is that the empress has clavi on her tunica like the men's ones, with this small orbiculum above the pointing. So it seems to be an oversized (and much more decorated) men's tunic. And some of the other women have orbiculi on their tunicas, too. I have not seen this earlier than 6th century, but I'm waiting for the dating of another picture with women wearing tunicas with orbiculi (and these women are musicians, so in some way outlaws, too... :wink: )
In the mosaics of San Appollinare Nuovo at Ravenna you can seperate the pictures of women in two parts: the theodorician mosaics (500-520 or so) show all the women with clavi (chiton-style, like I've mentioned before), none of them wears a tunica with another decoration, and the later mosaics that were made at 550 show the martyr women with a completely different style - but the holy Mary is still wearing a clavi-decoated tunica (with wristclavi, too)
The mosaics of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome show a scene with the pharao's daughter and Moses (a child of 10 years or so) and the attendands of the pharao's daughter, and they all are wearing this clavi-tunicas, too. The mosaic is dated to 430-440. Unfortunately I have no sharp picture of it, but I'll have a look for it.
I think the pectorale should be a little tighter, like this:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c ... acidia.JPG
This gold medallion shows Galla, I think you know it.
Nevertheless it is a very impressing personation what you and your attendants are doing, and I haven't seen one like this ever before!
Well, I didn't have a close look to the mid-5th century imperial clothing. But the tunicas you and your accompagnists were wearing seem to me to be a little bit late - more tending to the 6th century, and as you've said, like theodora. I don't know if there were rectangular necklines in the 5th century and I have not seen these veils your attendants are wearing before. As a cloak, okay, but as a veil? Most women did wear a seperate very thin veil to show that they are christians (will be mentioned in part three, Orantic style), and the imperial mosaics show all the accompagnists unveiled. For sacrificium or any other holy happening you would turn your cloak over your head, shure.
What can be seen on the pictures (esp. The Ravenna mosaic from San Vitale wich is the source for all the paintings) is that the empress has clavi on her tunica like the men's ones, with this small orbiculum above the pointing. So it seems to be an oversized (and much more decorated) men's tunic. And some of the other women have orbiculi on their tunicas, too. I have not seen this earlier than 6th century, but I'm waiting for the dating of another picture with women wearing tunicas with orbiculi (and these women are musicians, so in some way outlaws, too... :wink: )
In the mosaics of San Appollinare Nuovo at Ravenna you can seperate the pictures of women in two parts: the theodorician mosaics (500-520 or so) show all the women with clavi (chiton-style, like I've mentioned before), none of them wears a tunica with another decoration, and the later mosaics that were made at 550 show the martyr women with a completely different style - but the holy Mary is still wearing a clavi-decoated tunica (with wristclavi, too)
The mosaics of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome show a scene with the pharao's daughter and Moses (a child of 10 years or so) and the attendands of the pharao's daughter, and they all are wearing this clavi-tunicas, too. The mosaic is dated to 430-440. Unfortunately I have no sharp picture of it, but I'll have a look for it.
I think the pectorale should be a little tighter, like this:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c ... acidia.JPG
This gold medallion shows Galla, I think you know it.
Nevertheless it is a very impressing personation what you and your attendants are doing, and I haven't seen one like this ever before!
BAR-BAR-A
Barbara Köstner
Barbara Köstner
