DRAMATIC ART 470/H-001

Western Costume History Vocabulary list #1

General Terms

• artificial silhouette
• corset
• formalization
• fossilization
• motivations for dress
• silhouette
• stays
• sumptuary laws
• sub-
• sur-

Egypt

• counterpoise
• gala skirt
• girdle
• kalasiris
• kimono-like garment
• kohl
• lock of youth
• loin cloth
• Nemes headddress
• pschent
• shendot
• shenti
• wax perfume cones

Greek

• apotygma (the overfold of the Doric chiton. See page 80 in Payne, figure 3-21)
• chiton
• chlamys (clamys)
• Doric
• fibula
• himation
• Ionic
• kolpos (The blouson at the waist of the Doric chiton, held in place by two girdles. See page 80 in Payne, figure 3-21)
• peplos (The earliest form (forerunner) of the chiton. See page 71 in Payne, figure 3-12)
• petasos
• Phrygian cap
• pilos

Roman

• bulla
• casula
• clavus / clavae
• cothurnus / cothurnae
• crepida
• cucullus
• feminalia
• flammeum
• paenula
• palla
• pallium
• segmentum / segmentae
• sinus
• stola
• strophium
• toga(s)
• tunica
• umbo

Byzantium:

• crepida
• fibula
• hosa / hose
• Mappa/mappula
• palla
• paludamentum
• solea
• stola
• tablion
• torque
• tunica

Western Europe 1000-1300

• bliaut
• bracchae
• coif
• cyclas (See Payne p. 174). Sleeveless surcoat. Figure 7-23 on page 176 is a good example.
• fibula
• girdle
• gunna
• kirtle (cyrtel)
• mantle
• miniver
• saggum