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Is there any evidence the pelts worn by signfiers and cornicens included the rear legs?
Thanks
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been wondering bout this myself. most impressions ive seen include them.
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Quote:most impressions ive seen include them
Well, you know, most bears have them, too. :roll: :wink:
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The more pictures of Roman pelt-wearers I see the more convinced I become that the rear ends of the pelts are cut off and only the head, shoulders, front legs, and part of the back is worn. There's a photo in a post in this thread:
link from old RAT
that clearly shows this.
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Huh. I was expecting more discussion of this point (no rear legs). Is everyone pretty much agreeing, or disagreeing?
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Quote:Is everyone pretty much agreeing, or disagreeing?
Yeah, that's what I figure. :lol: 8)
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Well I have a vauge recollection of a picture somewhere with the rear legs of the pelt tied around the waist.........but then it could just be the alzhiemers too...... :? ?
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So that would be something like piggy back, only with a bear
...so could we call it, uh, bareback?
:lol: 8)
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>Well I have a vauge recollection of a picture somewhere with the rear
> legs of the pelt tied around the waist
Someone else mentioned that too in this thread:
http://www.romanarmy.com/rat/viewtopic. ... t&start=40
I wish someone could remember were.
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:lol: demetrius!
Scaeva, thanks, I recall a picture in osprey, but at least someone else may have seen one too! :roll:
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Quote:Huh. I was expecting more discussion of this point (no rear legs). Is everyone pretty much agreeing, or disagreeing?
It's just means we are not cutting our pelts down no matter what.
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That's the one.....thanks Duncan!
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Thanks for the book reference. I'll have to look that up. I still think that, at least in Trajan's time, the pelts weren't worn that way. I've attached a few gif files from Trajan's Column where I would have expected to see rear pelt legs, but don't. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to find photographs of these sections of the column. BTW, I got these gifs from this site:
http://schnucks0.free.fr/trajan.htm
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