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parasols - richsc - 05-27-2005
The note in the clothing thread reminds me: I think it was in the recent remake of the movie Quo Vadis that there are shots of Romans walking around with parasols. What is the evidence for parasols? Who used them, where and when?
Parasols - Viventius - 05-27-2005
Quoting Croom (2000) again: apparently they're mentioned in Martial (Ep. 14.28) and in the Golden Ass (4.31), Ovid (Art of Love 2.209), Juvenal (Sat 9.50) There's also a wall painting of a women with a tasselled parasol at Pompeii (now in the Musee du Louvre) and a bas relief of one from Avezzano, Italy.
Paraols II - Viventius - 05-27-2005
And I've just found this is Lacus Curtius:
http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/R ... culum.html
Mentions straw hats as well!!!
Re: parasols - Eleatic Guest - 05-30-2006
And what about umbrellas?
Re: parasols - Peroni - 06-20-2006
Reconstructed parasol here...
http://www.paxaugusta.net/zPhotos/20051 ... eminin.htm
and on this page...
http://www.paxaugusta.net/zPhotos/20060 ... geArte.htm
from the lovely Pax Augusta website.
regards,
Re: Paraols II - Jona Lendering - 06-20-2006
Quote:And I've just found this is Lacus Curtius:I hereby nominate LacusCurtius for a special, extraordinary Roman Army "Lifetime Achievement award". Bill Thayer's website is a treasury of useful information.
http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/R ... culum.html