11-18-2005, 09:21 AM
Paulus,
Two possibilities come to mind regarding the "Stitching".
1. It was stitching two layers of leather together for extra rigidity.
2. What we see on sculpture is perhaps punched decoration and not
stitching.
Certainly two layers of leather would be easier to do put together than the time consuming method of gluing together layers of linen, then attaching these to the defence.
My pteruges are 2" wide for the 'skirt' and just over 1 1/2" for the shoulders. I only have 6 strips on each shoulder. They are attached in a spread fan pattern so that when the subarmalis is put on, the strips all lie straight and at the same length down the arm.
Regards,
Two possibilities come to mind regarding the "Stitching".
1. It was stitching two layers of leather together for extra rigidity.
2. What we see on sculpture is perhaps punched decoration and not
stitching.
Certainly two layers of leather would be easier to do put together than the time consuming method of gluing together layers of linen, then attaching these to the defence.
My pteruges are 2" wide for the 'skirt' and just over 1 1/2" for the shoulders. I only have 6 strips on each shoulder. They are attached in a spread fan pattern so that when the subarmalis is put on, the strips all lie straight and at the same length down the arm.
Regards,
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