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Historical Attire of Ancient Civilizations

Illustrations depicting nobles and warriors from the Byzantine Empire to Anatolian cultures, each showcasing intricate clothing styles and accessories from historical periods.

ANCIENT JEWISH Clothing, weaponry and regalia of an Ancient Jewish King and warriors. Date: B.C
ANCIENT JEWISH Clothing, weaponry and regalia of an Ancient Jewish King and warriors. Date: B.C
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Four men in short garments, three with attached hoods, and with strips of fabric dangling from their arms, seemingly for ornament rather than any practical purpose Date: 14th century
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Folk traditional costume, Clothing, History of costumes, Byzantine garments, Deacon, Bishop and Levite, Byzantium, Historical, digitally restored repr...
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Frontispiece, Legends of God's Commandments -- Fridolin, a page of the King of Portugal. Date: published 1864
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Fashion, from lks, distinguished Armenian from Julfa, ee Armenian peasant from Shusha, e Armenian old from Shusha, e Armenian innkeeper from the area of Tbilisi, e Kurdish chieftain from the area of Yerevan e Kurdish man from the Nestorian mountains, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century, original date unknown, costumes, clothing in the Caucasus and Armenia
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Japanese and Ainu (Aynu) costumes -- Daimyo (feudal lord), noblemen, warriors, weapons, an archer, a firefighter, craftsmen, coolies, etc.
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Folk traditional costume, Clothing, History of costumes, Byzantine garments, Deacon, Bishop and Levite, Byzantium, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown
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Arch Marshal and Arch Chamberlain of the Empire under Charles IV ca 1370, secular princes in full regalia, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, exact date unknown
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Costume of Druidical order. Druids. 19th cent. ENGLAND.
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William Shakespeare (1564-1616). English writer. Romeo and Juliet. Romeo disguised as a pilgrim in a masked ball celebrated in the palace of Capulets. Engraving, 19th century. Colored.
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"Anglo Saxon woman in mantle (63), Anglo Saxon woman in mantle, wearing her veil in a particular manner (64), and Anglo Saxon woman in a tunic with borders of various colours and a robe with large sleeves (65).". "The tunics worn by women in the 9th, 10th and 11th centuries show little variation. One finds some however in the borders of many colours at the hem. It is probable that this ornament was fashioned in needlepoint (65).". "Fig. 64 wears her veil in a very particular manner; it is not fixed, and the ends fall on her shoulders, leaving the collar of her robe revealed along with the front of her neck." . Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalart's "Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity and of the Middle Ages" (1796).
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SEVENTH CRUSADE Louis IX is tremendously pleased to have landed in Egypt : he would be less cheerful if he knew he will shortly be taken prisoner
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A penitent collecting offerings to pay for the procession, Holy Week in Quito, Ecuador, illustration from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 581, Volume XXIII, April 15, 1854.
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American Indian Inhabitants of Alaska 1805 drawn by Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur (1757-1810) is a French writer and diplomat.
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Belgic Briton, whose people settled in Britain during the second century BC : depicted with one of the Cassiterides Date: 2nd century BC
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Recortable infantil. Cortejo de druidas y galos tras la recolección de muérdago para efectuar un ritual de sacrificios a los dioses y solicitar su recompensa . Grabado de 1926.
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Popular traditional costume, clothing, history of costumes, Egyptian court official, Egyptian king and fan bearer from the pre-Christian period, Histo...
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Arab Women, 19th Century, Exotic Costumes from Antiquity to 1800
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A nobleman wearing a great purple mantle (24), a young man wearing a mantle (25), a man of high rank in red mantle and hat (26) and the method of wearing a mantle over the shoulders when walking (27). Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalart's "Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity and of the Middle Ages" (1796).
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Spanish woman of the 14th century (2), and woman of Biscay from the later middle ages (3). Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalart's "Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Peoples of Antiquity, the Middle Ages and the New Era," written by Leopold Ziegelhauser, Vienna, 1837. Illustration from Cesare Vecellio's Habiti antichi e moderni, Venice, 1590.
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A noble lady receives a slightly less noble lady who kneels submissively : perhaps she is being ticked off for not wearing a pointed hat like the rest of them... Date: 15th century
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Frankish noblewomen. The East Franks inhabited present-day Germany, the West Franks present-day France Date: Tenth century
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Poster advertising the Bavarian Passion Play; a dramatic presentation depicting the Passion of Jesus Christ: his trial, suffering and death. Characters include: A Pharisee, Pilate, St. John, Leader of the Chorus, Caiaphas, St. Mary, Rabbi, Barabbas and St. Peter. Anti-Semitism was prominent in Passion plays. Dated 1870
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Morris Dancers from 16th Century, engraving, England
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The chief knightly orders of Spain and Portugal, c1930s. Artist: Unknown
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Clothing of Egyptians and India; Gerson, Wojciech (1831-1901); 1860-1872 (1872-00-00-1896-00-00);
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Magyars of Torotzko, Romania. Europe. Travel to the mining regions of western Transylvania by Jacques Elisee Reclus, 1873
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The figures represented here are all Germans in the 1600s. From left to right, they are: a man of rank, a woman of rank in mourning (1600-1650), and a man of rank (around 1650). The illustration dates to 1882.
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The Burmese Legation in Calcutta, India, 1882, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown, Asia
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The Grand Coronation of Napoleon 1st, Emperor of France, from the Church of Notre-Dame, 2 December 1804. Gilray cartoon 1805. Dejected Pope Pius VII, Emperor's train supported by Spain, Prussia and Holland.
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Hibernian Male and Female Costume, Irish & British Life - Ancient
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Picture series Development of men's clothing, Greeks, Assyrians, Persians, Jews, Egyptians and Phrygians in a port of Cyprus, 327 c. Chr, digitally restored reproduction of a collective picture from ca 1900, public domain, exact date unknown
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Naming of Saint John the Baptist. Artist: Unknown
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Percival, a knight of King Arthur's Round Table, questions Sir Owen.
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Emperor Otto I and his wife Editha as statues in the chapel of Magdeburg Cathedral, Otto I the Great, 23 November 912, 7 May 973, from the dynasty of the Liudolfing dynasty, Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century
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Body tattooing was an important rite of passage for men in the Visayas and was often related to head-hunting or heroism. At festivals, wrestlers wore loincloths to expose their tattoos making them appear more fierce and entreating protection from the spirit world. The first Europeans in the Philippines refered to the Visayans as 'Los Pintados', meaning 'The Painted Ones'. The name 'Visayan' refers to any of several ethnic groups, including Austronesian and Negroid peoples, that inhabit the regions of the Visayas and some parts of Mindanao in the Philippines.
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The images here all feature ecclesiastical Costume, from the 11th century through the 19th century. They are from left to right, top to bottom: a Popes tiara from the 11th century, four Popes tiaras from the 12th century, a Popes tiara from the 14th century, a Popes tiara from the 16th century, two Pontifical crosses, a calotte from the 15th century, a skull cap from the 15th century, a biretta from the 16th century, a Cardinals hat at the end of the 16th century, a cardinal at the end of the 15th century, a bishop at the end of the 15th century, Soli Deo, a pluvial or choral hood worn si
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Muenchener Bilderbogen, costumes (l.), in front of Christ, priestess, distinguished Greek women, mirror, robe, three persons, portrait, coloured historical illustration 1890, Greece, Europe
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Folk traditional costume, clothing, history of costumes, actors and actresses from Siam, 1885, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown
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A man and woman of Ceylon (Sri Lanka). A book of national types and costumes from the early 19th century. Date: 1818
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The images here all feature ecclesiastical Costume, from the 11th century through the 19th century. They are from left to right: the Cappa Magna for a cardinal, a cardinal, Cappa Magna of a Bishop. The illustration dates to 1882.
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Anglo Saxon man in double tunic, buttoned tunic and man wearing only coaxalia or long trousers (from a picture of Job in his affliction). From the Harley Psalter, Harley MS 603, 11th century. Dresses of the 9th and 10th centuries. Handcoloured engraving by Joseph Strutt from his Complete View of the Dress and Habits of the People of England, Henry Bohn, London, 1842.
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Edward (Eadward) the Martyr (963-978) English king from 975, at Corfe, offered poisoned drink by his stepmother Aelfthryth. Anglo-Saxon. Colour-printed wood engraving c1860.
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Series Christopher Columbus, Embarkation in Palos, 3 August 1492, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a Liebig collector's picture from c. ...
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Gentlemen of the Queen's Chapel, in the time of Queen Elizabeth (Elizabeth I), Illustration from the Book, "John Cassels Illustrated History of England, Volume II", text by William Howitt, Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, London, 1858
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Whirling Derviches - Constantinople. The Mevlevi Whirling Dervishes of Konya (Konia). This Dervish order was founded in memory Jelaluddin Rumi (1207 - 1273) mystic and poet. When the great Andalusian mystic Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi met Rumi (as a boy) with his Father in Baghdad he commented when he saw him walking away behind his Father How strange, there goes a Sea followed by an Ocean. The advancing Mongol hordes forced Rumis Family to leave Balkh arriving finally in Konya (Turkey). In Konya in
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Itinerant 16th century bookseller with covered donkey cart full of books, late 19th century. Artist: Unknown
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Moyen-Age, Clerical Vestments
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Color print depicting the Sicilian Vespers with music by Verdi, published by Léon Escudier in Paris around 1855.