01-06-2012, 02:56 AM
Only a short note: in the 1st to 2nd century fur-capes are well attested by both, bog finds and depictions.
Here is the Osterby bog:
http://www.osterby.de/osterby/Haartracht...leiche.htm
Here is a depiction of Goddess Nehalennia, who is often shown with such a fur cape:
http://www.nehalennia-tempel.nl/images/a...1820_5.jpg
For a later period, Gothic fur is even better attested:
http://www.ancient-warfare.org/rat.html?...=20#302616
Here is the Osterby bog:
http://www.osterby.de/osterby/Haartracht...leiche.htm
Here is a depiction of Goddess Nehalennia, who is often shown with such a fur cape:
http://www.nehalennia-tempel.nl/images/a...1820_5.jpg
For a later period, Gothic fur is even better attested:
http://www.ancient-warfare.org/rat.html?...=20#302616
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