10-03-2012, 02:10 PM
Niels
The article by Morel and Bosman about what was discovered at Velsen was published in Roman Military Equipment the Sources of Evidence from the fifth Roman Military Equipment Conference edited by C. van Driel Murray, it is in the BAR International Series 476 1989.
The beltplate I did find myself however this particular pattern of plate with exactly the same decoration has been found at several places around Britain, it was not filled with niello but had a red and turquoise infill with the red along the top and bottom boarders.
These inlays were of a paste type that set hard very similar to an apoxy resin type of inlay but what the sustance was I do not know.
Where Mike Bishop has mentioned tinning I would go along with that idea however the Velsen article does tell us silvered plates prior to their covering with silver sheet, so did Morel or Bosman have exact evidence that they were silvered previous or have the just assumed this.
The article by Morel and Bosman about what was discovered at Velsen was published in Roman Military Equipment the Sources of Evidence from the fifth Roman Military Equipment Conference edited by C. van Driel Murray, it is in the BAR International Series 476 1989.
The beltplate I did find myself however this particular pattern of plate with exactly the same decoration has been found at several places around Britain, it was not filled with niello but had a red and turquoise infill with the red along the top and bottom boarders.
These inlays were of a paste type that set hard very similar to an apoxy resin type of inlay but what the sustance was I do not know.
Where Mike Bishop has mentioned tinning I would go along with that idea however the Velsen article does tell us silvered plates prior to their covering with silver sheet, so did Morel or Bosman have exact evidence that they were silvered previous or have the just assumed this.
Brian Stobbs
