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Byzantine silk
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Byzantine silk is silk woven in the Byzantine Empire from about the fourth century until the Fall of Constantinople in 1453.
David, between personifications of Wisdom and Prophecy, is depicted in a chlamys of patterned Byzantine silk. Paris Psalter, 10th century.
David, between personifications of Wisdom and Prophecy, is depicted in a chlamys of patterned Byzantine silk. Paris Psalter, 10th century.
Byzantine silk with a pattern of birds and griffins in roundels.
Byzantine silk with a pattern of birds and griffins in roundels.
A epigonation a priest would have worn in church during the Byzantine Empire
A epigonation a priest would have worn in church during the Byzantine Empire
The Shroud of Charlemagne, a polychrome Byzantine silk with a pattern showing a quadriga, 9th century. Paris, musée national du Moyen Âge.
The Shroud of Charlemagne, a polychrome Byzantine silk with a pattern showing a quadriga, 9th century. Paris, musée national du Moyen Âge.
Tyrian purple
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Tyrian purple, also known as royal purple, imperial purple, imperial dye, or simply tyrian, is a reddish-purple natural dye. It is secreted by several species of predatory sea snails in the family Mur
Byzantine silk
…of the main reasons the Byzantines heavily defended it was due to luxury silk textiles being located there. Regulations governing the use of expensive Tyrian purple dyestuffs varied over the years, but cloth dyed in these colors was generally restricted to specific classes and was used in diplomatic gifts. Other…
Fabrics dyed in the current era from different species of sea snail. The colours in this photograph may not represent them accurately.
Fabrics dyed in the current era from different species of sea snail. The colours in this photograph may not represent them accurately.
A 20th-century depiction of a Roman triumph celebrated by Julius Caesar. Caesar, riding in the chariot, wears the solid Tyrian purple toga picta. In t
A 20th-century depiction of a Roman triumph celebrated by Julius Caesar. Caesar, riding in the chariot, wears the solid Tyrian purple toga picta. In the foreground, two Roman magistrates are identified by their toga praetexta, white with a stripe of Tyrian purple.
Two shells of Bolinus brandaris, the spiny dye-murex, a source of the dye
Two shells of Bolinus brandaris, the spiny dye-murex, a source of the dye
Murex shells at the site of purple dye production in ancient Aperlae, Lycia
Murex shells at the site of purple dye production in ancient Aperlae, Lycia