03-26-2015, 01:08 PM
Crispvs.
Where you may have any doubts about the Camomile street soldier I would suggest that you take these up with Dr Mike C Bishop who has published his paper The Camomile Street Soldier Reconsidered you might find it a very interesting read.
Then your suggestion to assume that the fastening of a paenula could have been done by a lace or toggle passing through the metal part of a button fastener does not make much sense whatever.
Then the Idria Burial evidence I do not think shows much about a sword suspension at all just as much as these two discs you refer to on either side of a scabbard for there is no evidence of these being buttons for we only see the front side of them.
There may indeed have been other uses for these fasteners but it needs yet other more realistic evidence to confirm this did happen but not to just assume sword suspension.
Where you may have any doubts about the Camomile street soldier I would suggest that you take these up with Dr Mike C Bishop who has published his paper The Camomile Street Soldier Reconsidered you might find it a very interesting read.
Then your suggestion to assume that the fastening of a paenula could have been done by a lace or toggle passing through the metal part of a button fastener does not make much sense whatever.
Then the Idria Burial evidence I do not think shows much about a sword suspension at all just as much as these two discs you refer to on either side of a scabbard for there is no evidence of these being buttons for we only see the front side of them.
There may indeed have been other uses for these fasteners but it needs yet other more realistic evidence to confirm this did happen but not to just assume sword suspension.
Brian Stobbs
