Notebook Bag

[Martin Moser]

A little bag shown zo me by a friend from a recent article from Vindonissa. According to the authors it was most likely used as a bag/container for writing tablets, sizewise it fits nicely for some of the tablets found in Vindonissa it seems. Interestingly, there is a almost identical pice of leather that was found in Vindolanda and first identified as a piece of horse or saddle gear by van Driel-Murray, but she know apparently is of the same opinion as the above authors.

Source: Volken, Marquita & Serge Volken. Drei neu interpretierte Lederfunde aus Vindonissa: Kopfstück einer Pferdedecke, Sitzfläche eines Klappstuhls und Schreibtafeletui. Gesellschaft Pro Vindonissa Jahresbericht 2005. 33-38.

Originals (top = Vindolanda, bottom = Vindonissa):



Reconstructions:

[Peroni]

Absolutely BEAUTIFUL Martin! D

When will there be an upper limit to your leather working skills?

Laudes well deserved.

[Tarbicus]

Great work! Lovely to see, thanks

[LUCIUS ALFENUS AVITIANUS]

Very nice!!! Specially the decorative diagonal stitching.

[Primvs Pavlvs]

Damnit! Something else to sew!!

[LVCIVS VVLPES]

BEAUTIFUL WORK, THANKS

Luc

[Martin Moser]

Damnit! Something else to sew!!

Glad to keep you busy :-) )

[Primvs Pavlvs]

Damnit! Something else to sew!!

Glad to keep you busy :-) )

Martin you are an inspiration! I wish I was only half as talented as you.

[Robert]

Measurements please!!! ?: :roll:

[Marcus Mummius]

I have to buy so much leather... Good job!

[Robert Vermaat]

Very nice!

[Chuck Russell]

so how do u carry these? on your belt? hehehe along with your sca authorization card and wallet? hehehe jk jk

[Mark Headlee]

Martin,

Why oh why man do you tempt me with your fantastic works.....stop being to talented and gifted... :lol:

Seriously, you never fail to amaze me with your skills, scholarship, and products....

All the best....laudes....

[Martin Moser]

Measurements please!!!

Roughly 15 x 11.5 x 5 cm for the piece from Vindonissa, for the one from Vindolanda no exact measurements are given IIRC, but the proportions ar pretty much the same. Even though there are only those 2 intances that I am aware of, the similarity of the design tempts me to think that this may have been something like a standard item for office staff.

[Martin Moser]

so how do u carry these? on your belt?

At least not on the belt I'd say, as there is no positive proof that any pouch of that sort (rectangular, box-like style) was normally worn on the belt at all, especially by soldiers. Note however that with the original the side panels are missing and that would be were I'd expect a shoulder strap to be attached to, all the more as the surviving leather does not show any sort of attachment of something like a strap etc (I'll probably attach a shoulder strap eventually).