09-07-2006, 12:26 PM
Avete omnes,
the following picture shows a non-Roman bronx example from a lombard tomp. It shows a special form of the Negau type with rivetted eyes and eye brows. The pupils of the eye are made of (formerly) blue glass:
[url:dmpbrqrg]http://people.freenet.de/u-bahr/lombardisch.jpg[/url]
Jim, the Imperial Gallic with the painted eyes is quite nice but why should the Romans have embossed the eye brows but only painted the eyes? Also they used to polish their armor regularly and I cannot imagine that painted eyes would have endured this procedure for long.
Greets - Uwe
the following picture shows a non-Roman bronx example from a lombard tomp. It shows a special form of the Negau type with rivetted eyes and eye brows. The pupils of the eye are made of (formerly) blue glass:
[url:dmpbrqrg]http://people.freenet.de/u-bahr/lombardisch.jpg[/url]
Jim, the Imperial Gallic with the painted eyes is quite nice but why should the Romans have embossed the eye brows but only painted the eyes? Also they used to polish their armor regularly and I cannot imagine that painted eyes would have endured this procedure for long.
Greets - Uwe
Greets - Uwe