Why is this hat identified as the Byzantine Imperial kamelaukion?
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It seems to me we have two different descriptive terms for a piece of headgear. The first term, kamelaukion or kalemaukion from Wikipedia:
In Byzantine times the term kamelaukion was a more general one for formal headgear, including items worn by the Imperial family.
So this term describes a piece of headgear worn by a member of an imperial family.
The second term,that your cited blogger disputes, skiadion, is described here as
a type of hat. In antiquity the term skiadeion designated a sunshade or parasol
An author here in The Portrait in Byzantine illuminated manuscripts. By Iōánnīs Spatharákīssays, says it is a skaidon:
What, for instance, John VIII wears on the medallion of Pisanello and the miniature of Sinait is indeed a skiadon...
It seems these terms could, and are, both be used to describe the hat pictured being worn by John VIII. It is a hat being worn by an imperial leader, and it provides shade.
The shade aspect can actually be seen in a medal of John VII done by Pisanello in 1438-39. The front side shows detail of the famous hat,
while the back of the medal actually shows the hat being worn in an outdoor situation, where its function would undoubtedly provide shade. (In this aspect it looks kind of like a modern 'baseball' cap.)
So, it seems either term would be appropriate, it is an imperial hat, and it provides shade.
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