06-12-2009, 09:11 AM
This is sounding very like the thoracomachus described in the De Rebus Bellicis, a thick cloth garment covered in Libyan hide to keep out the rain. The Libyan hide could have been put on over the cloth, or have been integral to it. Libyan hide makes me think of the goat skin garments worn by Libyans in the Punic wars, and the illustrations in the old WRG book. Graham Sumner's new "Roman Military Dress" takes another look at the thoracomachus.
One of the reasons why I favour glued laminated vegetable tanned leather is that it could be stuck together by it's own gelatins as done in India, or by dairy glues as in Europe to produce a stiff cuirass. No fish "super glues" required.
One of the reasons why I favour glued laminated vegetable tanned leather is that it could be stuck together by it's own gelatins as done in India, or by dairy glues as in Europe to produce a stiff cuirass. No fish "super glues" required.
John Conyard
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