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52 relations: Aachen, Amalfi, Ancient Corinth, Andros, Anglo-Saxon art, Byzantine Anatolia, Byzantine art, Byzantine civilisation in the 12th century, Byzantine dress, Byzantine Empire, Byzantine Empire under the Heraclian dynasty, Chlamys, Cloth of St Gereon, Comacine masters, Constantinople, Culture of Europe, Culture of Greece, Cuthbert, Damask, Duchy of Gaeta, Early medieval European dress, Europeans in Medieval China, Greek dress, Gunthertuch, Hellas (theme), History of Greece, History of silk, History of the Byzantine Empire, Index of Byzantine Empire-related articles, Index of fashion articles, Islamic influences on Western art, John Kaloktenes, Madonna (art), Medieval art, Metallic fiber, Metropolis of Corinth, Motif (visual arts), Norman-Arab-Byzantine culture, Outline of the Byzantine Empire, Outline of the Middle Ages, Republic of Genoa, Samite, Sericulture, Silk Road, Sino-Roman relations, Smuggling of silkworm eggs into the Byzantine Empire, Taffeta, Thebes, Greece, Trabzon, Tyrian purple, ..., Viking Age, 552. Expand index (2 more) »
Aachen
Aachen or Bad Aachen, French and traditional English: Aix-la-Chapelle, is a spa and border city.
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Amalfi
Amalfi is a town and comune in the province of Salerno, in the region of Campania, Italy, on the Gulf of Salerno.
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Ancient Corinth
Corinth (Κόρινθος Kórinthos) was a city-state (polis) on the Isthmus of Corinth, the narrow stretch of land that joins the Peloponnese to the mainland of Greece, roughly halfway between Athens and Sparta.
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Andros
Andros (Άνδρος) is the northernmost island of the Greek Cyclades archipelago, about southeast of Euboea, and about north of Tinos.
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Anglo-Saxon art
Anglo-Saxon art covers art produced within the Anglo-Saxon period of English history, beginning with the Migration period style that the Anglo-Saxons brought with them from the continent in the 5th century, and ending in 1066 with the Norman Conquest of a large Anglo-Saxon nation-state whose sophisticated art was influential in much of northern Europe.
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Byzantine Anatolia
The history of the Eastern Roman Empire (324–1453) is generally considered to fall into three distinct eras.
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Byzantine art
Byzantine art is the name for the artistic products of the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire, as well as the nations and states that inherited culturally from the empire.
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Byzantine civilisation in the 12th century
During the 12th century, the civilization of the Byzantine Empire experienced a period of intense change and development.
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Byzantine dress
Byzantine dress changed considerably over the thousand years of the Empire, but was essentially conservative.
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Byzantine Empire
The Byzantine Empire, also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire and Byzantium, was the continuation of the Roman Empire in its eastern provinces during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, when its capital city was Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul, which had been founded as Byzantium).
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Byzantine Empire under the Heraclian dynasty
The Byzantine Empire was ruled by emperors of the dynasty of Heraclius between 610 and 711.
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Chlamys
The chlamys (Ancient Greek: χλαμύς, gen.: χλαμύδος) was a type of an ancient Greek cloak.
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Cloth of St Gereon
The Cloth of St Gereon is a mural tapestry of a repeat pattern with a decorative motif of a bull being attacked by a griffin, a fantastic creature with the body of a lion and the head and wings of an eagle.
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Comacine masters
The Comacine masters (magistri comacini) were early medieval Lombard stonemasons working in a region of excellent building stone who gave to Lombardy its preeminence in the stone architecture that preceded Romanesque style.
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Constantinople
Constantinople (Κωνσταντινούπολις Konstantinoúpolis; Constantinopolis) was the capital city of the Roman/Byzantine Empire (330–1204 and 1261–1453), and also of the brief Latin (1204–1261), and the later Ottoman (1453–1923) empires.
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Culture of Europe
The culture of Europe is rooted in the art, architecture, music, literature, and philosophy that originated from the continent of Europe.
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Culture of Greece
The culture of Greece has evolved over thousands of years, beginning in Mycenaean Greece, continuing most notably into Classical Greece, through the influence of the Roman Empire and its successor the Byzantine Empire.
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Cuthbert
Cuthbert (c. 634 – 20 March 687) is a saint of the early Northumbrian church in the Celtic tradition.
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Damask
Damask (دمشق) is a reversible figured fabric of silk, wool, linen, cotton, or synthetic fibres, with a pattern formed by weaving.
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Duchy of Gaeta
The Duchy of Gaeta was an early medieval state centered on the coastal South Italian city of Gaeta.
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Early medieval European dress
Early medieval European dress changed very gradually from about 400 to 1100.
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Europeans in Medieval China
Given textual and archaeological evidence, it is thought that thousands of Europeans lived in Imperial China during the period of Mongol rule.
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Greek dress
Greek dress refers to the clothing of the Greek people and citizens of Greece from the antiquity to the modern times.
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Gunthertuch
The so-called Gunthertuch (‘Gunther's shroud’) is a Byzantine silk tapestry which represents the triumphal return of a Byzantine Emperor from a victorious campaign.
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Hellas (theme)
The Theme of Hellas (θέμα Ἑλλάδος, Thema Hellados) was a Byzantine military-civilian province (thema, theme) located in southern Greece.
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History of Greece
The history of Greece encompasses the history of the territory of the modern nation state of Greece as well as that of the Greek people and the areas they inhabited and ruled historically.
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History of silk
The production of silk originates in China in the Neolithic (Yangshao culture, 4th millennium BC).
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History of the Byzantine Empire
This history of the Byzantine Empire covers the history of the Eastern Roman Empire from late antiquity until the Fall of Constantinople in 1453 AD.
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Index of Byzantine Empire-related articles
This is a list of people, places, things, and concepts related to or originating from the Byzantine Empire (AD 330–1453).
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Index of fashion articles
This is a list of existing articles related to fashion and clothing.
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Islamic influences on Western art
Islamic influences on Western art refers to the influence of Islamic art, the artistic production in the Islamic world from the 8th to the 19th century, on Christian art.
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John Kaloktenes
John Kaloktenes (Ἰωάννης ὁ Καλοκτένης) was a 12th-century Byzantine Metropolitan of Thebes.
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Madonna (art)
A Madonna is a representation of Mary, either alone or with her child Jesus.
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Medieval art
The medieval art of the Western world covers a vast scope of time and place, over 1000 years of art in Europe, and at times the Middle East and North Africa.
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Metallic fiber
Metallic fibers are manufactured fibers composed of metal, plastic-coated metal, metal-coated plastic, or a core completely covered by metal.
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Metropolis of Corinth
The Metropolis of Corinth, Sicyon, Zemenon, Tarsos and Polyphengos (Ιερά Μητρόπολις Κορίνθου, Σικυώνος, Ζεμενού, Ταρσού και Πολυφέγγους) is a metropolitan see of the Church of Greece in Corinthia, Greece.
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Motif (visual arts)
In art and iconography, a motif is an element of an image.
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Norman-Arab-Byzantine culture
The term Norman-Arab-Byzantine culture, Norman-Sicilian culture or, less inclusive, Norman-Arab culture, (sometimes referred to as the "Arab-Norman civilization") refers to the interaction of the Norman, Latin, Arab and Byzantine Greek cultures following the Norman conquest of Sicily and of Norman Africa from 1061 to around 1250.
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Outline of the Byzantine Empire
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the Byzantine Empire: Byzantine Empire (or Byzantium) – the Constantinople-centred Roman Empire of the Middle Ages.
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Outline of the Middle Ages
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the Middle Ages: Middle Ages – periodization of European history from the 5th century to the 15th century.
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Republic of Genoa
The Republic of Genoa (Repúbrica de Zêna,; Res Publica Ianuensis; Repubblica di Genova) was an independent state from 1005 to 1797 in Liguria on the northwestern Italian coast, incorporating Corsica from 1347 to 1768, and numerous other territories throughout the Mediterranean.
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Samite
Samite was a luxurious and heavy silk fabric worn in the Middle Ages, of a twill-type weave, often including gold or silver thread.
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Sericulture
Sericulture, or silk farming, is the cultivation of silkworms to produce silk.
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Silk Road
The Silk Road was an ancient network of trade routes that connected the East and West.
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Sino-Roman relations
Sino-Roman relations comprised the mostly indirect contact, flow of trade goods, information, and occasional travellers between the Roman Empire and Han Empire of China, as well as between the later Eastern Roman Empire and various Chinese dynasties.
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Smuggling of silkworm eggs into the Byzantine Empire
In the mid-6th century AD, two monks, with the support of the Byzantine emperor Justinian I, successfully smuggled silkworm eggs into the Byzantine Empire, which led to the establishment of an indigenous Byzantine silk industry.
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Taffeta
Taffeta (archaically spelled taffety) is a crisp, smooth, plain woven fabric made from silk or cuprammonium rayons.
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Thebes, Greece
Thebes (Θῆβαι, Thēbai,;. Θήβα, Thíva) is a city in Boeotia, central Greece.
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Trabzon
Trabzon, historically known as Trebizond, is a city on the Black Sea coast of northeastern Turkey and the capital of Trabzon Province.
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Tyrian purple
Tyrian purple (Greek, πορφύρα, porphyra, purpura), also known as Tyrian red, Phoenician purple, royal purple, imperial purple or imperial dye, is a reddish-purple natural dye.
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Viking Age
The Viking Age (793–1066 AD) is a period in European history, especially Northern European and Scandinavian history, following the Germanic Iron Age.
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552
Year 552 (DLII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_silk
