[Bryn-gwlad] Attn: Stiobhard

[elizabeth@crouchet.com]

I found this reference to Armenian costume on my Turkish personas list.

I hope this helps. 

Claire 
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At 12:59 PM-0500 30/08/06, Giudo di Niccolo Brunelleschi wrote:
>What I'm really struggling with is what would be appropriate garb
>choices for someone native born to the Ionia region of Anatolia during
>this time period. I'm also looking at having less Byzantine influence
>in the persona...as I would like to focus more on the Turk aspect.

While well OOP, you could take a look at the Ralamb book which dates 
to the mid-17th century, if you're considering the Ottoman period - 
it has pictures of Armenians.
http://www.kb.se/HS/draktbok/eng/intro.htm
Clearly the pictures (i hesitate to call it art) are highly stylized, 
and in a style developed specifically for selling to European 
"tourists". There are rote poses that are used over and over for 
different "characters". I suggest the Armenians because they were 
(and still are) Christians.

There's limited Turkish (in its broad sense) art from earlier times 
showing Christians.

>From what i can tell, Byzantines tended to wear pull-over-the-head 
and draped or wrapped items.

But in areas with Persian, Turkish or Central Asian influence, men 
tended to wear "coats" that opened in the front - which specific 
culture would effect shape of the front opening and whether it opened 
in the center front or on the side of the chest.

>find more information on converts to Christianity during this time.
>[[Is there really such a thing as a Christian Turk in this time period
>who was NOT Byzantine?

Well, depends on what you mean. If you mean *ethnically* Turkish, i 
am skeptical, although certainly there could have been some.

As for types of Christians, by the early 16th century (1517/1518) the 
Ottoman Empire controlled areas full of Christians of a wide variety 
of practices and theologies. After all, it controlled what are now 
Syria, Lebanon, and Iraq, each of which is home to different and 
sometimes conflicting - forms of Christianity - Maronites, 
Nestorians, etc. As for Armenians, their form of Christianity grew 
out of Byzantine Christianity, but is not the same as Byzantine 
Christianity.
>snippage<