imperial clothes. He is dressed as a wandering teacher, wearing an ordinary tunic and shawl. Traditional secular images of Roman emperors from this period often represent them as wearing military dress. Yet Christ is dressed as a commoner, not a noble; and as a teacher, not as a warrior. He holds a book, not a sword, nor any symbol of power or authority. The real point being made by these Byzantine images of Christ is that a wandering Galilean peasant teacher has to be recognized as enthroned on