07-18-2005, 11:25 AM
Adam,
Yes, probably those 'sheet-tents' were carried by each individual cavalryman attached to the saddle.
Unfortunately, I haven't got reply from Carol about the Vindolanda, Newstead or Valkenburg unpublished items. That from Deurne is very poorly preserved. It was probably made of 16 goatskin panels sewn together, each one of 72x52 cm (Notwithstanding, being an old, unconserved find, you can give a strong shrinkage for sure!) Corner reinforcements were present, two of them with signs of a now lost fastening (a loop and toggle one?), perhaps for joining together several 'individual' sheets into a bigger 'tent'. Carol van Driel-Murray: 'A late Roman assemblage from Deurne (Netherlands)' in Bonner Jahrbuch 200 (2000) pp. 293-308.
Incidentally, I think that the image posted by Paul is a perfect depiction of how those individual 'tents' could look like on the field! :o
Aitor
Yes, probably those 'sheet-tents' were carried by each individual cavalryman attached to the saddle.
Unfortunately, I haven't got reply from Carol about the Vindolanda, Newstead or Valkenburg unpublished items. That from Deurne is very poorly preserved. It was probably made of 16 goatskin panels sewn together, each one of 72x52 cm (Notwithstanding, being an old, unconserved find, you can give a strong shrinkage for sure!) Corner reinforcements were present, two of them with signs of a now lost fastening (a loop and toggle one?), perhaps for joining together several 'individual' sheets into a bigger 'tent'. Carol van Driel-Murray: 'A late Roman assemblage from Deurne (Netherlands)' in Bonner Jahrbuch 200 (2000) pp. 293-308.
Incidentally, I think that the image posted by Paul is a perfect depiction of how those individual 'tents' could look like on the field! :o
Aitor
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