title: New Data on the Production of Byzantine Buckles of the “Syracuse” Type
abstract: A special place among Byzantine clothing accessories that existed in the 7th century is occupied by bronze one-piece buckles, allocated to the “Syracuse” type. These small fasteners decorated with acanthus leaves on the faceplate serve as an indicator of the wide spread of Byzantine fashion and a vivid example of a kind of “globalization” in the early Middle Ages, when representatives of different peoples used standard accessories of the same type in their clothes over a wide area. The elemental
journal: Nanobiotechnology Reports