10-28-2006, 07:05 AM
That's right David- paenula= round hooded cloak, sagum=rectangular 'blanket'- but what you wrote before was
The thing now is that I've never heard of the paenula being specifically open under the arms or anything like that though- it's just a regualar circular cloak, closed at the front by two buttons and two toggles (see the Camomile Street Soldier sculpture). Of course suggesting that there were formal, specific styles may not be so accurate- however the evidence I know of certainly supports this particular type. Do you know of depictions of a type that has extra openings?
Quote:I've made several paenulae, and what I've determined is that it's really a rectangleSo I thought that maybe you had the terms mixed up.
The thing now is that I've never heard of the paenula being specifically open under the arms or anything like that though- it's just a regualar circular cloak, closed at the front by two buttons and two toggles (see the Camomile Street Soldier sculpture). Of course suggesting that there were formal, specific styles may not be so accurate- however the evidence I know of certainly supports this particular type. Do you know of depictions of a type that has extra openings?
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