01-27-2006, 02:52 PM
Quote:Good hypothesis, Travis!
But don't forget that each one of the two layers is composed out of up to three superimposed layers (I doubt that they were staggered, anyway...)
Thanks! It's true that there are probably more layers than just two. My best guess is that we are looking at two layers of cloth covered felt/or leather. Also, thinking about it, your right about staggering. In fact, I can't even argue that there are only 2 layers. A lot of statues seem to have four or five layers! The number of pteruges on the statuary is mind-boggling, 40, 60 and 80 or more!
Quote:About your second pic, sculptors were able to polish marble to mirror-finish and they've left pterugae rough... :? Maybe they were made of felt or cloth after all... In case they were made of felt, a sandwiched layer of cloth would be necessary yet (Like in leather pterugae) for making the fringes...
Aitor
True. Perhaps its like a composite sandwich with cloth/felt/cloth/felt,/cloth/felt/cloth!
Actually if you look closely (it's hard to see in the photograph) it's not just left rough but deliberatly incised with cross-hatched lines. It's very careful and intentional.
The other thing that mystifies me about these is the edging. Nearly all pteruges have an edged border. This looks like they were edged in another material, maybe leather, like the way so many re-enactors edge their hamatae. but if you edge all three sides, how does the fringe work? It's very ambiguous.
BTW - Good luck on your talk about footwear! I wouldn't worry about your English. In fact, I think you should give it in Basque and make THEM feel inadequate!
Thanks again.
Travis
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