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Calendar of 354 – Vatican Library – The emperor draped with the “toga Trabea, a purple ritual garment heavily embroidered: due to the figures embroidered representing gods and pagan heroes or, in the case of the Christian garments, episodes from the Sacred History, those wearing such robes were often ironically …

V Century mosaic – Galla Placida, Ravenna The two apostles are represented with the wide sleeved Dalmatica with two purple stripes and wearing a draped pallium on the left shoulder. The square Pallium was held in high regard amongst Christians as the preferred garment worn by philosophers and science men. …

The Glove is an ancient garment and an accessory with a long history. It is believed that already in Homer’s The Odyssey there might be references to their predominantly practical uses, as a way to protect the hands against the cold and thorns and other manual labour. For the Egyptians …