03-20-2024, 07:09 PM
(03-19-2024, 07:41 PM)Sean Manning Wrote: Do we have any evidence for female Britons fastening their tunics with pairs of brooches on the shoulders? Greek chitons were often worn like that by either sex but Britons were not Greeks or Italians.
I assumed, possibly wrongly, that Lusolad wanted to portray a civilian.
Yes, according to Lindsey Allason Jones "Women in Roman Britain" 1989, pg 61 fig 18:
From the chapter "Women and the Army"
" The Dresses of Romano-British Women were fastened by Chained brooches like this unmatched pair from Newcastle-Upon-Tyne. Finds of female accesories at such military sites indicate the presence of women in the forts at an early date."
This could be one, two or three brooches worn depending on the garment/s and fashion.
My understanding is that Lusolad is putting together a Slinger impression...
Ivor
"And the four bare walls stand on the seashore. a wreck a skeleton a monument of that instability and vicissitude to which all things human are subject. Not a dwelling within sight, and the farm labourer, and curious traveller, are the only persons that ever visit the scene where once so many thousands were congregated." T.Lewin 1867
"And the four bare walls stand on the seashore. a wreck a skeleton a monument of that instability and vicissitude to which all things human are subject. Not a dwelling within sight, and the farm labourer, and curious traveller, are the only persons that ever visit the scene where once so many thousands were congregated." T.Lewin 1867
