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    The kabbadion (Greek: καββάδιον) was a caftan-like garment of oriental origin which became a standard part of court costume in the last centuries of the...
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    Alexios is depicted in the garb of his office, wearing a richly decorated kabbadion and the skaranikon, a ceremonial headdress depicting the reigning emperor...
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    court uniform consisted of a gold-brocaded hat (skiadion), a plain silk kabbadion tunic, and a plain, smooth wooden staff (dikanikion). Classical Latin...
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  • skaranikon itself was also bordered with pearls. A rich silk tunic, the kabbadion, of two colours, decorated with stripes of gold braid, was also worn,...
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    military function. Ashgate Pub. Dawson, Timothy (1998). "Kremasmata, Kabbadion, Klibanion: Some aspects of middle Byzantine military equipment reconsidered"...
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  • myrtaïtes. His court dress was a white skiadion hat with embroideries, a long kabbadion of "commonly used silk", and a skaranikon hat covered in red velvet and...
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    enthroned in the rear. The megas doux also wore a rich silk tunic, the kabbadion, and could choose the fabric himself "from those that are in use". His...
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    (tamparion) with broad stripes. For festive occasions, the long kaftan-like kabbadion was worn, of red or purple colour and decorated with pearls. A pair of...
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  • red chlamys embroidered with golden double-headed eagles, worn over the kabbadion kaftan. Byzantine Empire portal Bakalov, Georgi; Kumanov, Milen (2003)...
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    151–154, 166-170 Grotowski, pp. 177-179 Dawson, Timothy: Kresmasmata, Kabbadion, Klibanion: Some Aspects of Middle Byzantine Military Equipment Reconsidered...
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