01-09-2007, 07:49 AM
Precisely the arming cap images I was thinking of.
Among the materials used for the lining of helmets were felt (Hom. Iliad. x.265) and sponge.
Homer: “ Meriones found a bow and quiver for Ulysses, and on his head he set a leathern helmet that was lined with a strong plaiting of leathern thongs, while on the outside it was thickly studded with boar's teeth, well and skilfully set into it; next the head there was an inner lining of felt.â€
Among the materials used for the lining of helmets were felt (Hom. Iliad. x.265) and sponge.
Homer: “ Meriones found a bow and quiver for Ulysses, and on his head he set a leathern helmet that was lined with a strong plaiting of leathern thongs, while on the outside it was thickly studded with boar's teeth, well and skilfully set into it; next the head there was an inner lining of felt.â€
Peter Raftos
