The Book of Ceremonies is a manual of practices that contains 2 accounts of triumphal entries into Constantinople. There are also several pieces of pictorial evidence for ceremonial dress. The first is the Bamberg Tapestry. The Bamberg Tapestry depicts Basil II and two "ladies". Mary Houston stated previously that these ladies were princesses of the court. Dr. Dawson puts forward that due to their bare feet they are obviously not princesses. They are in fact personifications of Rome and Constantinople.

				Another pieces of pictorial evidence comes from the Book of Kings from the 11th C. This copy is held at the Vatican Library, ref # Vat. Gr. 333. This illumination shows the decorations used on the outside of tents. The roof is decorated with paintings of people. The valance is decorated with a vine design. Finally the wals are also decorated with paintings of people.

				The manuals pay particular detail to military accouterment. The Emperor wore his robe, a sword belted at this wait, and his coronet. When processing with the military his coronet included an additional crest, mimicking the Roman red horse hair crest. He also wore ceremonial armor, under which he most likely wore his normal robes and tunics. It is noted that Constantine the VII wore divitision and Lôros in the mid 10th C. Most people wore mainly white garment with gilded decoration and some brocade. An Arab visitor states the one emperor wore a robe decorated with 30,000 pearls and so much gold that he could not stand on his own in the garment. Dr. Dawson noted that this particular Emperor is known to have been particularly frail by this point. The Tufa was the crown wore for triumphal entries. This is a normal crown with the addition of a crest. One such crest was made of gold and decorated to imitate peacock feathers. Another was ruby encrusted to more faithfully recreate the red crests worn by Roman commanders. Civilians wore coats, very similar to Sasanian coats, with sleeves that can be worn on or off Warriors wear épilôrikion, a robe quilted in a diagonal pattern. The upper echelon use opulent fabrics for this épilôrikion. The Imperial pattern was also used this pattern is illustrated below.

					Note the white clusters are executed in pearls. This is my own drawing, based on the drawing shown by Dr. Dawson.

				The Bamberg Tapestry also depicts the trappings of an Imperial mount. These mounts were highly decorative gilded comparison. Upon reaching Constantinople the Emperor would dismount, press his forehead to the groun, remount, enter through the Golden Gate and great the city's high officials. These officials would present him with a miniature gold crown, which he would wear over his right arm. By the 4th-6th C and onward, cloaks were no longer a part of everyday dress. They had been replaced with robes, which were much more functional as they did not hender the wearer's arms. Cloaks became ceremonial clothing only, at this time. Woman brooched their cloaks at the front, while men brooched theirs at the right shoulder. Turbans became a standard part of male dress in the 9th C. Men would wear their hair hanging loose below the turban, average hair length for men was shoulder length. From the 10th C. army grunts would wear a turban when doing work out of armor. The military coats are called, gounion and were silk on the outside. The gounion were stuffed "as thick as can be stitched". These sleeves still opened under the armpit and could be worn off. When wore off the shoulder, the wrist could be attached to the shoulder to keep it out of the way and provide extra padding to the upper arm.

				Notes from the discussion before lunch:

				Dr. Dawson has come across 4 terms for different shades of purple. Most of what has been found is called "false" purple, which was made using a combination indigo and cremes.  Leo the Wise, in the 9th C., legalized the selling of off cuts of purple fabric for trimmings.

				Dr. Dawson's presentaton garb was based off several extant arments.