SAINTS AGNES AND PUDENTIANA – MOSAIC DATED BETWEEN 817 AND 824 – CHURCH OF SAINT PRAXEDIS, ROME
Feminine apparel in ninth-century Rome conserves its Byzantine characteristics.
A smooth ribbon hairstyle with a light coronet, gold earrings, an oblique dalmatica with a collar (maniakion) and circular embroideries (orbiculi), a high belt, tunic with moderately wide sleeves, with an embroidered scarf (patagium), purple shoes, and a pallium linostinum on the hands to avoid direct contact with the sacred implements.
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