Buttons etc

[Crispvs]

I used to fasten my paenula with toggles but after looking closely at a lot of photos of tombstones I became convinced that a lot of paenulae were probably sewn together at the front rather than held with fasteners, leaving a long split below the sewn-up portion. Some paenulae were certainly fastened with buttons or toggles but a lot of depictions on stelae show no sign of fastenings, suggesting many were sewn, rather than buttoned, together. Accordingly I took the toggles off mine and sewed it up. This means that I cannot put it on whilst wearing my helmet, as I could before, so therefore if I need to wear both I put on first cloak then helmet, but then again, I never have a problem with fastenings coming undone or coming off and the cloak itself seems warmer. 8)

Crispvs