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Россия и Восток. К 100-летию политических и культурных связей новейшего времени. Т. 1 163 СЕКЦИЯ V • SECTION V ИСТОЧНИКОВЕДЕНИЕ И ИСТОРИОГРАФИЯ НАРОДОВ КАВКАЗА HISTORIOGRAPHY AND SOURCE STUDIES OF THE CAUCASUS Kalandia G. (Art Palace of Georgia, Museum of Cultural History, Georgia) Clothes of Georgian Kings and Feudal Lords in the XII– XIII centuries (According to the frescoes of Betania 1 , Kintsvisi 2 , Khobi 3 and the bas-relief of Harichavank 4 ) Visual materials (frescoes, bas-reliefs, miniatures) that are preserved in Georgia andArmenia give us a clear idea of the clothes worn in the highest secular aristocratic circles of Georgia in the XII–XIII centuries. The focus of this article will be on men’s clothing from this period. We will begin discussing the topic with a look at the headwear. In this regard, great importance is attached to the image of King George I, son of Bagrat III (975–1014) the first King of united Georgia, which is preserved in a manuscript kept in the National Library of Spain, in the so-called “Madrid Skylitzes”. The miniature depicts the escape of the Georgian ruler from the Byzantine Emperor Basil II, although in this case more interesting are the headgears of the two mon- archs (Illustration 1). While Basil wears on his head a tall gold crown adorned 1 Medieval Georgian Orthodox monastery in eastern Georgia. 2 Medieval Georgian Orthodox monastery in eastern Georgia. 3 Medieval Georgian Orthodox monastery in western Georgia. 4 Armenian monastery in the Shirak Province of Armenia.