07-26-2004, 09:00 PM
Simon James in his Dura book describes the Lamellar cuisse as "made of black leather, possibly dyed or lacquered...The laces, which run obliquely across the front of each lamella are red leather thongs" Presumably so are the vertical ones. He goes on to say that "the original Dura report described the leather as cuir bouilli, which involves soaking in water or better hot wax in order to harden the hide" He believes that Robinson was mistaken about them being made of rawhide, and also in his view probably never actually inspected them.<br>
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He also says that they are "a hybrid form, not a true lamella, but with a strong superficial resemblance to Roman scale armour" He believes they would have been used as leg armour.<br>
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Hope this is of some help?<br>
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Andrew <p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://p200.ezboard.com/bromanarmytalk.showUserPublicProfile?gid=sassanid@romanarmytalk>Sassanid</A> at: 7/27/04 5:42 am<br></i>
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He also says that they are "a hybrid form, not a true lamella, but with a strong superficial resemblance to Roman scale armour" He believes they would have been used as leg armour.<br>
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Hope this is of some help?<br>
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Andrew <p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://p200.ezboard.com/bromanarmytalk.showUserPublicProfile?gid=sassanid@romanarmytalk>Sassanid</A> at: 7/27/04 5:42 am<br></i>
