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Horse eye protector from Herrera de Pisuerga - Iagoba - 11-10-2010
I don't know how to call better those, even given the fact I've handled some of them :oops: :roll:
[url:voz4q0yw]http://news.university.ie.edu/2010/06/el-profesor-perez-gonzalez-presenta-la-pieza-del-mes-en-el-museo-de-palencia.html[/url]
![[Image: anteojeras-2.gif]](http://news.university.ie.edu/files/2010/06/anteojeras-2.gif)
Found in Roman barracks dated 15b.C-15a.C in the Cantabric wars context.
Re: Horse eye protector from Herrera de Pisuerga - jvrjenivs - 11-10-2010
I don't know if it is the name of the whole piece or also of the eye-parts, but those things are called a chamfron.
but these are some nice and simple examples. Thanks for posting.
Re: Horse eye protector from Herrera de Pisuerga - Aulus Perrinius - 11-10-2010
Quote:I don't know if it is the name of the whole piece or also of the eye-parts, but those things are called a chamfron.
but these are some nice and simple examples. Thanks for posting.
Yeah, IIRC chamfron refers to the helm or headpiece as a whole.
I recall reading somewhere that the medieval eyeslits were called ocularia. Perhaps the romans used that word?
Re: Horse eye protector from Herrera de Pisuerga - Vindex - 11-11-2010
Nice photographs...thank you for posting them.
The attachment on the sides are interesting too...and they are not a pair, are they? The fretwork - for want of a better work - on the eye pieces is different on each one.
Don't suppose you have any measurements/dimensions by any chance please?
Re: Horse eye protector from Herrera de Pisuerga - M. Demetrius - 11-12-2010
Maybe the two center sections are different so the right and left are easily distinguishable. It's apparent that they are removable.
Re: Horse eye protector from Herrera de Pisuerga - Vindex - 11-12-2010
Certainly a possibility, particulalrly if it was attached to something like the Vindolanda chamfron:
http://vindolanda.csad.ox.ac.uk/exhibit ... fron.shtml
This is from the amazing leather work collection preserved in the very specific soil conditions on the site.