09-27-2005, 07:12 AM
Can a subarmalis made of felt be quilted ? Perhaps by sewing several layers of felt together, with a layer of linen on top (and on the inside) ?
I know little of making felt, but one single layer with a thickness of a 'daktylos' (ca. 2 cm) should be difficult to produce.
Sewing several layers together would probably still lead to something like the subarmalis in the De Rebus Bellicis image, or the items seen on the abovementioned reliefs.
One final question - if 'libyan hide' should be worn over the subarmalis to prevent it from getting soaked with rain, how is it possible to keep it from getting soaked from the inside - with SWEAT ? My cloth subarmalis is usually quite heavy when I teak off my armour after a warm day.
Clearly you would not wear a leather tunic UNDER a subarmalis ?
hock:
VALE,
Flavius Promotus/Aurelius Florianus
I know little of making felt, but one single layer with a thickness of a 'daktylos' (ca. 2 cm) should be difficult to produce.
Sewing several layers together would probably still lead to something like the subarmalis in the De Rebus Bellicis image, or the items seen on the abovementioned reliefs.
One final question - if 'libyan hide' should be worn over the subarmalis to prevent it from getting soaked with rain, how is it possible to keep it from getting soaked from the inside - with SWEAT ? My cloth subarmalis is usually quite heavy when I teak off my armour after a warm day.
Clearly you would not wear a leather tunic UNDER a subarmalis ?
hock: VALE,
Flavius Promotus/Aurelius Florianus
Florian Himmler (not related!)
