09-17-2011, 03:27 PM
I agree that the bands could not encircle the leg but I doubt very much whether the ancient artists researched the practicalities of what they were trying to depict. They would have been giving an impression of what they thought to be the case. An exception may be the Firuzabad reliefs where the individual ties at the back of the legs can be seen.
You will be familiar with this thread:
http://www.romanarmytalk.com/rat.html?fu...&id=110351
Unfortunately, most of the photos on it are no longer available and the two of the mounted cataphract do not show the back of the legs. However, there is one of a dismounted cataphract which clearly shows the bands to cover the front of the legs with ties at the back. This seems to me to be a plausible reconstruction.
You will be familiar with this thread:
http://www.romanarmytalk.com/rat.html?fu...&id=110351
Unfortunately, most of the photos on it are no longer available and the two of the mounted cataphract do not show the back of the legs. However, there is one of a dismounted cataphract which clearly shows the bands to cover the front of the legs with ties at the back. This seems to me to be a plausible reconstruction.
Michael King Macdona
And do as adversaries do in law, -
Strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends.
(The Taming of the Shrew: Act 1, Scene 2)
And do as adversaries do in law, -
Strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends.
(The Taming of the Shrew: Act 1, Scene 2)
