05-16-2013, 08:06 PM
Indeed you beat me to it Nathan.
The version in Ancient Warfare is a much more in depth view than the one in 'Arms and Armour'.
The Facilis panoply does have some unusual features, such as the long shoulder doubling and the belt which I am convinced is not made from separate belt plates. While the idea of a cuirass made from layers of linen covered with a thin layer of leather is entirely feasible the problem with a design based on this particular sculpture is getting it to extend partially down the shoulders and to raise the arms. That is of course something I can do in an artwork but does not prove it can work although William Brown made a good attempt with his re-construction which appears in the article.
Of course the simple explanation is that the sculptor made many mistakes and the accepted version is that a mail shirt is shown, however that still does not totally explain the belt to me, as similar examples showing the continuous crenelated design exist elsewhere.
Graham.
The version in Ancient Warfare is a much more in depth view than the one in 'Arms and Armour'.
The Facilis panoply does have some unusual features, such as the long shoulder doubling and the belt which I am convinced is not made from separate belt plates. While the idea of a cuirass made from layers of linen covered with a thin layer of leather is entirely feasible the problem with a design based on this particular sculpture is getting it to extend partially down the shoulders and to raise the arms. That is of course something I can do in an artwork but does not prove it can work although William Brown made a good attempt with his re-construction which appears in the article.
Of course the simple explanation is that the sculptor made many mistakes and the accepted version is that a mail shirt is shown, however that still does not totally explain the belt to me, as similar examples showing the continuous crenelated design exist elsewhere.
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.
