Carlisle find: Black painted lorica and more

[Caballo]

Thanks Mike. There is another virtually complete iron manica from Rumania- but as yet unpublished.....but it also supports the under-lapping approach as far as I can make out.

I've also worn a reconstruction manica a fair bit, and it works, with suprisingly little constraint on movement (e.g. I can still draw a sword on my right side with my right hand).

And I agree re the scales section. Very interesting!

Cheers

Caballo