Gifts of clothing in late antique literature / N.K. Rollason.
نوع المادة : نصاللغة: الإنجليزية الناشر:London ; New York, : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2016وصف:203 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmنوع المحتوى:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781472435736 (hardcover : alkaline paper)
- Gifts -- History -- To 1500
- Men's clothing -- History -- To 1500
- Gifts in literature
- Clothing and dress in literature
- Authority in literature
- Social structure in literature
- Greek literature -- History and criticism
- Latin literature -- History and criticism
- Greece -- Social life and customs -- Sources
- Rome -- Social life and customs -- Sources
- DE71 .R595 2016
نوع المادة | المكتبة الحالية | رقم الطلب | رقم النسخة | حالة | تاريخ الإستحقاق | الباركود | |
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كتاب | UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة | DE71 .R595 2016 (إستعراض الرف(يفتح أدناه)) | C.1 | Library Use Only | داخل المكتبة فقط | 30020000116750 | ||
كتاب | UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة | DE71 .R595 2016 (إستعراض الرف(يفتح أدناه)) | C.2 | المتاح | 30020000118895 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-197) and index.
Introduction -- Fashioning Ancient Dress -- Clothing as a Literary Device -- The Value of Clothing in Gift-giving Practice -- Research Questions and Methodology -- Chapter Outline -- 1. Threads of History : Clothing Gifts in Greek and Roman Society Before Late Antiquity -- The Homeric period -- Classical Greece -- The Hellenistic Period -- The Roman Republic and the Transition to Empire -- The Early Empire : Case Study: Martial -- The Transition to Late Antiquity -- Conclusions -- 2. Weaving a Tranquil Work of Peace? : Clothing Gifts in Late Antique Diplomacy -- Woven Works of Peace -- Clothed Intimidation -- Recognisable Robes, Recognisable Roles -- Protective and Subordinating Clothing -- Clothing Gifts and Sassanid Persia -- Case study: Clothing Fit for a King : Tzath of the Lazi -- Conclusions -- 3. Portable Portraits : Consular Trabeae and Figural Decorations in Late Antiquity -- Figural Decoration on Non-Consular Clothing -- The Trabea -- A Trabea Store? : Obtaining Consular Vestments -- Figural Decoration on the Consular Trabea I : Consular diptychs -- Figural Decoration on the Consular Trabea II : Poetry -- Case study: Wearing the Emperor : Ausonius' Consular Trabea -- Conclusions -- 4. Holy Habits : Clothing Gifts in Late Antique Christian Contexts -- (A)dressing Christian Charity : the Benefits of Clothing -- Clothing Relics -- Fitting Clothing -- Fake Couture and Fashion Disasters -- Threads of Tension -- Under the Mantle of Orthodoxy -- Case Study: Fashioning and Refashioning Antony's Vestment -- Conclusions -- 5. Drawing the Threads Together : Conclusions.
"Both clothing and gifts in the ancient world have separately been the subject of much scholarly discussion because they were an integral part of Greek and Roman society and identity, creating and reinforcing the relationships which kept a community together, as well as delineating status and even symbolising society as a whole. They have, however, rarely been studied together despite the prevalence of clothing gifts in many ancient texts. This book addresses a gap in scholarship by focusing on gifts of elite male clothing in late antique literature in order to show, that when they appeared in texts, these items were not only functioning in an historical or 'real-life' sphere but also as a literary space within which authors could discuss ideas of social relationships and authority. This book suggests that authors used items which usually formed part of the costume of authority of the period--the trabea of the consul, the chlamys of the imperial court and the emperor, and the pallium of the Christian bishops--to 'over-write' wearers and donors as confident figures of 'official' authority when this may have been open to doubt"--Provided by publisher.