06-22-2014, 01:18 PM
Page 68 of Timothy Dawson's 'Armour Never Wearies' specifically describes the armour as lamellar: ' . . .These statues show the familiar form of the Classical cuirass, with the greater scale of Mars of Todi affording exceptional additional details. His corselet opens on the left side with three pairs of studs placed at the top under the armpit and then on the third rows to secure straps and chest for further fastenings . . . Mar's shoulder straps are in a lamellar identical to the body at the front. The upper back panel to which the shoulder panels attach, in contrast, has lames of quite different proportions, with free-hanging projections to reinforce the ends of the junction between the body tube and the shoulder-piece . . .' And so on.
He describes the lamellar as being composed of long, usually narrow, plates apparently bound only at the end - a style corroborated by other smaller and less grand Etruscan sculptures.
He describes the lamellar as being composed of long, usually narrow, plates apparently bound only at the end - a style corroborated by other smaller and less grand Etruscan sculptures.
Francis Hagan
The Barcarii
The Barcarii
