02-17-2006, 05:33 PM
Quote:Thesculpting here seems so exacting that it makes me wonder if it is just "artistic license".
I agree, it seems an odd detail to include if they aren't cloth faced.
The texture is diagonal, which is very similar to what weft-faced cloth looks like.
So who knows?, but i agree with Aitor that the edges may not be woven but sewn, with very tight almost embroidery-like stitches like we see on the primaporta augustus here:
The original and larger image are here:
http://astro.temple.edu/~tlclark/lorica ... primaporta
you can see what looks like a double row of diagonal stitches along all three edges.
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