10-19-2010, 05:56 AM
I would concur with Dan's view - iconographical evidence alone requires pure guesswork in its interpretation all too often, and is generally open to more than one interpretation ( unless exceptionally, it is something like a detailed carving of mail, which is fairly unmistakable - but even then there is no way of knowing whether it is intended to portray bronze or iron! ).
As Dan says, only with supporting evidence from elsewhere can one start to interpret with any certainty........and even then......
As Dan says, only with supporting evidence from elsewhere can one start to interpret with any certainty........and even then......
"dulce et decorum est pro patria mori " - Horace
(It is a sweet and proper thing to die for ones country)
"No son-of-a-bitch ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country" - George C Scott as General George S. Patton
Paul McDonnell-Staff
(It is a sweet and proper thing to die for ones country)
"No son-of-a-bitch ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country" - George C Scott as General George S. Patton
Paul McDonnell-Staff