Tag Archives: Rus

Persona Pentathlon – Belt

This is the second post in the series about the townswoman clothes accessories. To read about the first post, please, click here. Belt. In the rich burials of pre-Mongolian Rus, the belts were repeatedly found. V.V. Hvoyko reports findings in the graves of the Middle Near-Dnieper (in Sharqi, in Belgorod) silk belts with Byzantine andContinue reading “Persona Pentathlon – Belt”

Persona Pentathlon – Tunic

This blog post is a documentation adaptation of my entries for the Kingdom Arts and Science Festival 2023 persona pentathlon. The series will have 5 blog posts for each item separately. Tunic The tunic is the main clothes of eastern Slavs that men and women wore. The difficulty in researching the pattern is that manyContinue reading “Persona Pentathlon – Tunic”

Evolution of the Slavic persona – the beginning

This post begins my ample research and travels through the thicket of previous works and findings that often contradict each other. I will try to understand where Slavs came from, why the government formation was so different for all of them, who they were influenced by, and many other questions I would like to uncoverContinue reading “Evolution of the Slavic persona – the beginning”

Rus Noble Woman Headwear and accessories

Rus Noble Woman Outfit and accessories – X-XII century The following research represents the archeological findings, including examples of visual representation of the period and different archeological resources for Noble Rus female headwear. Even though Rus was not mainly Orthodoxies Christian until 988 (and let’s be honest, even after that), Byzantine significantly influenced the clothes,Continue reading “Rus Noble Woman Headwear and accessories”

East Slavs Towels

Introduction Quite some time ago, I was challenged with a task – create towels for a knight’s vigil that a historically accurate for the future knight persona – Rus Woman, XII century. This request came from a good person for a good person, and I certainly did not want to disappoint them. However, I hadContinue reading “East Slavs Towels”

Rus Noble Warrior Banner

“Let God lead my Heart, and my King lead my Sword.” This is the banner that was prepared for the competition in 2019 – “On the Kings’ Road.” Please, note that the banner presented is not a replica of the research findings due to material accessibility and tools unavailability. My goal was to make asContinue reading “Rus Noble Warrior Banner”