02-03-2012, 02:30 AM
And again how do you interpret what is around the neck?
It does not appear to be a scarf or even a tunic but one could see it as the padding of a subarmalis. In which case, is the smooth garment on top supposed to be mail that was depicted in paint, or a leather cover worn over the mail, oh dear!
Is the shield curved simply because it fits into a curved alcove, poor perspective or was it really meant to depict a curved shield. :-?
Graham.
It does not appear to be a scarf or even a tunic but one could see it as the padding of a subarmalis. In which case, is the smooth garment on top supposed to be mail that was depicted in paint, or a leather cover worn over the mail, oh dear!
Is the shield curved simply because it fits into a curved alcove, poor perspective or was it really meant to depict a curved shield. :-?
Graham.
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"Every brush-stroke is torn from my body" The Rebel, Tony Hancock.
"..I sweated in that damn dirty armor....TWENTY YEARS!', Charlton Heston, The Warlord.