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Second Bulgarian Kingdom (XII – XIV)
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The project offline
Exhibition indoors
Traveling exhibition
Lectures,discussions,live lessons
Experimental archeology
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The project beyond Internet - exhibitions, presentations, festivals, photoshoots.
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Database about Bulgarian historical reenactment - when, where, who. Program, clubs and organisers.
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The practical results of my researches. Costumes - Bulgarian and other - embroidery, shields, jewels.
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Introduction
Publications and sources
F
IRST BULGARIAN EMPIRE – CHRISTIAN PERIOD
Ruler’s costume
Svetoslav's Florilegium of 1073 as a source of information about early-medieval Bulgarian secular costume
B
yzantine period
Madrid Skylitzes as a quideline for Bulgarian male costume during the Byzantine period
Female costume from 11th – 12th century (collective reconstruction)
Cumans
S
econd Bulgarian Empire
RULERS
Boyana church(1259)
The insignia of the Bulgarian tsar Konstantin Tikh (1257-1277). Analysis and typology.(with English summary)
Clergy
The clothes of the Bulgarian religious orders between the 12th and the 14th centuries. Typological parallels in the Balkans based on some preserved portraits.
Bishops
Priests
ARISTOCRACY
LIST OF WELL-PRESERVED PORTRAITS IN BULGARIAN WALL PAINTINGS XIII – XIV
Sveti Arhangeli church in Kastoria (early XIII century)
Boyana church (1259 or XIV century)
Gligora cave church near Karlukovo (late XIII – early XIV century)
Rock-hewn churches of Ivanovo (XIII – XIV century)
The church in Dolna Kamenitsa Village (1323 – 1330)
The church in Stanichene Village (1331 – 1332)
The church in Kalotina Village (1331 – 1337)
Zemen Monastery (1354)
Sveta Marina cave church near Karlukovo (the second half of XIV century)
Findings in Sveti chetirideset machenitsi Church in Veliko Tarnovo (XIII – XIV century)
Clothing Remains from Grave No. 215a, Basilica No. 2 in Drastar – Visualization
For comperative analysis:
List of well-preserved portraits in Byzantine wall paintings XIII – XIV century
List of well-preserved portraits in Serbian wall paintings XIII – XIV century
Serbian aristocracy XIII – XIV century
COMMON PEOPLE
Hrelyova kula in Rila Monastery (1334 – 1335)
Some wall paintings in Zemen Monastery
Daily life paintings in Boyana Church
Preslav necropolis (funerals in XIII – XIV centuries)
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Necropolis near Negovanovtsi Village (second half of XIV century)
Necropolis near Kaliakra fortress XIII – XIV century
Necropolis near Yantra Village XIV century
GENERAL NOTES
Bulgarian medieval HAIRSTYLES, moustache and beard fashions
WOMEN'S HEADDRESS arrangements during the Second Bulgarian empire – varieties and appearance (with English summary)
UNDERWEAR on the medieval Balkans – what did men wear under their skirts?
MATERIALS from which medieval clothes were made
PATTERNS for some of the reenactment clothes shown here
O
ttoman period
Traditions and innovations in Late Middle Ages Bulgarian female head coverings
Reconstruction of Bulgarian women's costumes from the 16th century.
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