01-31-2011, 05:26 PM
Hi Dennis,
The drawing is also wrong, it's not even a proper Barkasovo. That creast is enormous....
Quote:I assumed the artist simply copied McBrides paintings, complete with the apron like garment that is the subject of this thread.I'm of the same opinion. I've seen this happen on more occasions, the influence of Angus McBride being what it was.
Quote:I guess the author who instructed McBrides illustration as well as this one felt that as no such helmet has been found in Ireland that perhaps a Berkasovo type helmet that we know was in use in Britain after the withdrawal of the Romans and into the so called "Arthurian" age, was the piece of armor that the bards described.No way. Not over 5 centuries and without any evidence in art of such a thing. Even in Roman times the period of use was limited (guesses are they went out of fashion during the 5th c. or the early 6th, being replaced by spangenhelm-types.
The drawing is also wrong, it's not even a proper Barkasovo. That creast is enormous....
Robert Vermaat
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THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
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