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Brows of pseudo corinthian origin?
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[Image: Autun_Musée_Rolin_casque.jpg]


We clearly have a helmet here that has some elements of Apulo-Corinthian helmets, and also lacks some. All information on Apulo-Corinthian helmets can be found on this wonderful site: [url:1690c3bh]http://www.sas.upenn.edu/~dpd/italica/apcor/apcor.html[/url]
What you see is that the Autun helmet has an actual face on it, rather than a chorinthian helmet face. Which is a huge difference, best visible at the nose. The similarities are the general shape, and the "eye-brow-section". That´s about it. This helmet seems to be rather something that was copied after a relief, a statue or the like, while the maker certainly did not know all details of what he was copying. The material culture does not provide any evidence to make a direct link between the Apulo-Cornithians and the Autun helmet possible. So the Autun helmet is certainly NOT an Apulo-Corinthian. It is a unique find, by characteristics, material and decoration, as well as by date.

@ MARCvSVIBIvSMAvRINvS: From what I can see your posting only tells something about you and your character, certainly not about me. An argumentum ad personam will certainly not further your cause as well. And about the actual arguments you seem to have very little to say.
Christian K.

No reconstruendum => No reconstruction.

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Brows of pseudo corinthian origin? - by Uhrisa - 11-08-2009, 07:46 PM
Re: Brows of pseudo corinthian origin? - by caiusbeerquitius - 11-22-2009, 05:20 PM

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