10-19-2006, 09:47 PM
Sorry, middle guy, very faint line running from the top right shoulder across the chest; I think it could be interpreted as a baldric, if it's not just an illusion or, as you say, the front legs of the animal skin. seems to run all the way down to the left hip, though.
Here's a Barbarian pic from Trajan's column with a straight sword on the left; I'm not sure if he is a Dacian; I think not:
http://cheiron.humanities.mcmaster.ca/~ ... 2.20.h.jpg
Here is what I think is an image of a Dacian with his Falx worn on the left:
http://cheiron.humanities.mcmaster.ca/t ... 2.90.h.jpg
Pretty much all the other images I have seen depict the Romans wearing their swords on the right (but I haven't seen the whole thing).
Here's a Barbarian pic from Trajan's column with a straight sword on the left; I'm not sure if he is a Dacian; I think not:
http://cheiron.humanities.mcmaster.ca/~ ... 2.20.h.jpg
Here is what I think is an image of a Dacian with his Falx worn on the left:
http://cheiron.humanities.mcmaster.ca/t ... 2.90.h.jpg
Pretty much all the other images I have seen depict the Romans wearing their swords on the right (but I haven't seen the whole thing).
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Yoshida Kenko (1283-1350), Tsurezure-Gusa (1340)
Yoshida Kenko (1283-1350), Tsurezure-Gusa (1340)
