05-04-2014, 11:41 AM
Could probably mention the supposed 'leather shirt' (also called a 'jacket') found at Vindonissa, together with several other leather bits and pieces sometimes interpretated as 'shoulder patches' for a similar garment.
I've never seen pictures of these things, just seen them referred to in e.g D'Amato, so I don't know whether the identification is still accepted (or whether they've been transformed into 'horse fittings', which seems the inevitable fate of Roman leather remains!)...
But if anyone were looking for evidential support for a possible leather or rawhide subarmalis, this might be the best available.
I've never seen pictures of these things, just seen them referred to in e.g D'Amato, so I don't know whether the identification is still accepted (or whether they've been transformed into 'horse fittings', which seems the inevitable fate of Roman leather remains!)...
But if anyone were looking for evidential support for a possible leather or rawhide subarmalis, this might be the best available.
Nathan Ross