03-21-2015, 03:09 AM
As none have ever been found on a cloak itself, how they were fastened is a matter of interpretation. As is indeed that they are what they are supposed to be!
I am sure there are those who say they were used to attach daggers to belts.
There are a couple of sculptures which seem to show different methods of fastening the paenula cloak and in at least one example it appears to be sewn closed.
You can attach a loop of leather thong on one edge of the cloak and the metal fastener on the other edge. The loop of the thong then passes over the 'button' edge. It is not a totally secure method of closing the cloak and a scarf is generally worn underneath to fill in the gaps. In later times a flap was attached to the front of the cloak to give better protection to the neck.
Attached is my own reconstruction of the Camomile cloak with the two types of fastener.
Graham.
I am sure there are those who say they were used to attach daggers to belts.
There are a couple of sculptures which seem to show different methods of fastening the paenula cloak and in at least one example it appears to be sewn closed.
You can attach a loop of leather thong on one edge of the cloak and the metal fastener on the other edge. The loop of the thong then passes over the 'button' edge. It is not a totally secure method of closing the cloak and a scarf is generally worn underneath to fill in the gaps. In later times a flap was attached to the front of the cloak to give better protection to the neck.
Attached is my own reconstruction of the Camomile cloak with the two types of fastener.
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.
