03-10-2017, 01:38 PM
The image of the Simkins reconstruction worn by Dan Peterson, is in 'Die Reiter Roms' Teil III. Marcus Junkelmann. Mainz 1992. Abb. 173 p.192
The consensus is that the cavalrymen are wearing sleeves. This is supported by the statue of the warrior in Avignon Museum which shows additional decoration going up the sleeve.
There is only scanty evidence for Roman gloves but again it highlights how the sculptures can be interpreted. The same can be said of some third century tombstones where the various lines around the legs can be interpreted as bracae, socks or wrappings. Without surviving colour on the monuments any interpretation is possible.
Graham.
The consensus is that the cavalrymen are wearing sleeves. This is supported by the statue of the warrior in Avignon Museum which shows additional decoration going up the sleeve.
There is only scanty evidence for Roman gloves but again it highlights how the sculptures can be interpreted. The same can be said of some third century tombstones where the various lines around the legs can be interpreted as bracae, socks or wrappings. Without surviving colour on the monuments any interpretation is possible.
Graham.
"Is all that we see or seem but a dream within a dream" Edgar Allan Poe.
"Every brush-stroke is torn from my body" The Rebel, Tony Hancock.
"..I sweated in that damn dirty armor....TWENTY YEARS!', Charlton Heston, The Warlord.
"Every brush-stroke is torn from my body" The Rebel, Tony Hancock.
"..I sweated in that damn dirty armor....TWENTY YEARS!', Charlton Heston, The Warlord.
