09-29-2009, 04:00 PM
A good friend of mine who has Sumner's new book, Roman Military Dress was telling me that Graham detailed a possible find of leather pteryges, as well as showing a sculpture of pteryges that he interprets as being leather.
The rest of the sculptural evidence seems to point at a textile, like linen. I made mine out of heavy felt, that I covered with linen, at least for the longer, rectangular pteryges. The tongue shaped ones I made out of leather.
I used Travis Clark's musculata website as a reference, though sadly it seems to not be online anymore. You can still view most of it here:
http://web.archive.org/web/200712031051 ... /parts.htm
The rest of the sculptural evidence seems to point at a textile, like linen. I made mine out of heavy felt, that I covered with linen, at least for the longer, rectangular pteryges. The tongue shaped ones I made out of leather.
I used Travis Clark's musculata website as a reference, though sadly it seems to not be online anymore. You can still view most of it here:
http://web.archive.org/web/200712031051 ... /parts.htm
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Magnus/Matt
Du Courage Viens La Verité
Legion: TBD
Magnus/Matt
Du Courage Viens La Verité
Legion: TBD
