03-02-2006, 08:58 AM
About the question how fringer are attached to the pteryges. They look like the fringed end of a strip of wool of linnen, yet on statues the binding seems to run along the fringed edge as well.
I thinks this might be explained. The fringed pteryges first appeared on Macedonian armour during the mid-4th century BC. It is to be expected that they were modified over time.
At first the fringes might have been simply woven in a single layer an the ends fringed. On the "Alexander" Sarcophag we see only two crosslines near the fringes and no edging.
Later they then were lined and/or edged and the fringe was either left off ar added seperately as a decoration. The fringe then does not imply any extra layers, but was simply attached to the bottom of the pteryges.
I thinks this might be explained. The fringed pteryges first appeared on Macedonian armour during the mid-4th century BC. It is to be expected that they were modified over time.
At first the fringes might have been simply woven in a single layer an the ends fringed. On the "Alexander" Sarcophag we see only two crosslines near the fringes and no edging.
Later they then were lined and/or edged and the fringe was either left off ar added seperately as a decoration. The fringe then does not imply any extra layers, but was simply attached to the bottom of the pteryges.
drsrob a.k.a. Rob Wolters