03-09-2013, 02:28 AM
Sutoris,
Thanks for the German-language link to Simonenko.
And to Eduard,
Yes! Yes! Yes!
This explains why I look like a fat office-worker when I'm really only 155 pounds. The Sarmatians, and the Saka/Massagetae before them, TAILORED their clothing and armor. Like Michael says, I'm fascinated by a culture that was so "with it," so "on the money," yet living in a world of "copycats." No wonder we are finding more Sarmatian reenactors on RAT. ;-)
PS: no offense intended to office-workers in general. :whistle:
Thanks for the German-language link to Simonenko.
And to Eduard,
Quote:Depictions of Sarmatian, Roman and later Islamic mail hauberks have a somewhat "wasp-waisted" look....I then noticed the same in Junkelmann's (Die Reiter Roms) reconstructions of mail cuirasses (and he notices it himself): we all had paunches! This is caused by the "straight" cut that can also be seen on your cad drawing. After seeing a reconstruction of an extremely wasp-waisted German mail hauberk from the 14th century (when the wasp-waist was in fashion in Europe) I started to suspect that the Sarmatian knee-length hauberk perhaps tapered towards the waist and then flared out again like a coffee-filter to achieve the wasp-waisted look (just like the tunics and caftans found in Pazyrik and elsewere)....
Yes! Yes! Yes!
This explains why I look like a fat office-worker when I'm really only 155 pounds. The Sarmatians, and the Saka/Massagetae before them, TAILORED their clothing and armor. Like Michael says, I'm fascinated by a culture that was so "with it," so "on the money," yet living in a world of "copycats." No wonder we are finding more Sarmatian reenactors on RAT. ;-)
PS: no offense intended to office-workers in general. :whistle:
Alan J. Campbell
member of Legio III Cyrenaica and the Uncouth Barbarians
Author of:
The Demon's Door Bolt (2011)
Forging the Blade (2012)
"It's good to be king. Even when you're dead!"
Old Yuezhi/Pazyrk proverb
member of Legio III Cyrenaica and the Uncouth Barbarians
Author of:
The Demon's Door Bolt (2011)
Forging the Blade (2012)
"It's good to be king. Even when you're dead!"
Old Yuezhi/Pazyrk proverb
