01-20-2009, 03:41 PM
Quote:Two Porpax shield cores are preserved well enough for their wood to be analyzed. One, dated to the mid-sixth century BCE, probably came from a grave in eastern Sicily and is now in Basel. It was made from willow strips, 0.14M wide, laminated and pegged together.
The footnote says "see Seiterle 1982 and Cahn 1989. I don't have either article. Cahn is apparently David Cahn "Waffen und Zaumzeug." Seiterle, which looks on the face of it like something I'd really like to read, is apparently ""Techniken zur Herstellung der Einzelteile (Excurs zum schild Nr. 217" in Antike Kunstwere aus der Sammlung Ludwig.
I sent a message to the Kuntsmuseum, so perhaps--just perhaps--they'll send me some photos.
Qui plus fait, miex vault.
