11-06-2006, 11:05 AM
Martin wrote:
Sadly I have not seen the original but it does not appear to have any openings central or otherwise. There is a plan of it showing the tablions in RMC 2. As Aitor has said it is then simply folded in two and draped over the body so the tablions are visible front and back as he has illustrated.
Another interesting point is that even the nice ivory carving that Aitor has shown would originally have been coloured!
Graham.
Quote:Very interesting! Do you happen to know whether it has a central opening (in order to wear it poncho style) or not, which would point towards the style it was carried. And does it have a paenula style opening?
Sadly I have not seen the original but it does not appear to have any openings central or otherwise. There is a plan of it showing the tablions in RMC 2. As Aitor has said it is then simply folded in two and draped over the body so the tablions are visible front and back as he has illustrated.
Another interesting point is that even the nice ivory carving that Aitor has shown would originally have been coloured!
Graham.
"Is all that we see or seem but a dream within a dream" Edgar Allan Poe.
"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.
"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.
