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
- 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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