11-06-2006, 10:25 AM
Martin wrote:
Well it is no theory of mine I am only going by the original surviving cloaks rather than attempting to interpret measurements or shapes from the sculptural sources alone. There are still similar designs of cloaks made by the Berbers in the Atlas mountains.
The dimensions for a military Sagum style cloak in the papyrus document BGU1564 are 2.66m long x 1.77m wide. This corresponds to the Thorsberg cloak which is 2.50m x 1.68m or a cloak from Nahal Hever which was 2.70m x 1.40m. So Sagum cloaks are roughly envelope shaped rather than square. ( Robert are you confusing folding in half to 'double' the thickness, rather than 'double' the measurement?)
There was a smaller cloak the Sagulum and undercloaks or overcoats for extra warmth.
A late Roman circular (oval shaped) cloak without a hood found in Egypt was 2.86m x 2.42m
Hope this helps.
Graham.
Quote:I'm with Graham in that a paenula of half-cicular/-oval (or a bit more than that) cut is the way to go.
Well it is no theory of mine I am only going by the original surviving cloaks rather than attempting to interpret measurements or shapes from the sculptural sources alone. There are still similar designs of cloaks made by the Berbers in the Atlas mountains.
The dimensions for a military Sagum style cloak in the papyrus document BGU1564 are 2.66m long x 1.77m wide. This corresponds to the Thorsberg cloak which is 2.50m x 1.68m or a cloak from Nahal Hever which was 2.70m x 1.40m. So Sagum cloaks are roughly envelope shaped rather than square. ( Robert are you confusing folding in half to 'double' the thickness, rather than 'double' the measurement?)
There was a smaller cloak the Sagulum and undercloaks or overcoats for extra warmth.
A late Roman circular (oval shaped) cloak without a hood found in Egypt was 2.86m x 2.42m
Hope this helps.
Graham.
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"Every brush-stroke is torn from my body" The Rebel, Tony Hancock.
"..I sweated in that damn dirty armor....TWENTY YEARS!', Charlton Heston, The Warlord.
