The Caerleon Annual Birthday Lecture

[mcbishop]

For those who are interested, the lecture is now available as a podcast for streaming or download. If you're not interested, it doesn't really matter, does it?

Mike Bishop

[Caballo]

Many thanks for this Mike- and for warning about the Spitfire engine at the beginning. It did sound as if you'd decided to make a quick getaway!

Did I hear you correctly in that in one lorica rather than several thin strips of leather, one wide strip was used?

Cheers

Paul

[mcbishop]

Did I hear you correctly in that in one lorica rather than several thin strips of leather, one wide strip was used?

Yes, it's Cuirass 5 in the Hoard (p.39 in the report) where the backplates are held together by one large sheet of leather. I called it the 'original leathering' in the text but I now think that was a poor choice of words as I suspect that it is most likely to be a repair, given the ubiquity of narrow straps elsewhere amongst the armour.

Mike Bishop