04-27-2011, 12:50 PM
Quote:However I think the initial question was, what is the evidence for the fabric waistband being worn over mail in the late empire by either cavalry or infantry? I would have to answer none at all as far as I am aware but I would be delighted to hear otherwise.Although I interpret the line on the armoured figure on the right as the bottom of a coif, there are also those who see it as a sash/waistband. It's from the Vergilius Romanus (Vatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica, Cod. Vat. lat. 3867), most probably a 5th-c. manuscript.
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Robert Vermaat
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FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
MODERATOR
FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)