Cappella Palatina (Palermo, Italy): Mosaic: Dispute between S. Paul and S. Simon

Published/Created:
ca. 1130-1140
Date Depicted:
1975
500 AD - 1499 AD
Notes:
Hair wrapped in patterned scarves. Long beards are common among older men during this period.
Abstract:
Essentially Roman is form, Byzantine dress looks totally new. Garments include the kneelength tunica tolaris, the pallium, and the paludamentum, which is now decorated with the tablion. Gradually, through the seventh century, the toga becomes very narrow.
Variant Titles:
Palatine Chapel
Topics:
Mosaics -- Italy -- 12th century -- (YVRC)
Period/Style:
Byzantine
Culture:
Byzantine
Accession Number:
4388-201
Genre:
chapels (rooms or structures) (AAT)
costume (mode of fashion): clothing (AAT)
mosaics (AAT)
Format:
Image
Content Type:
Clothing & Accessories
Sculptures, Models, & Architecture
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
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
Extent of digitization:
D.44
OID:
10542897
PID:
digcoll:1807548