04-22-2010, 12:31 AM
You have all seen the vase image below. Along with many others, I thought this to be a pretty clear example of a double breasted Tube and Yoke. Now I'm not so sure. The problem is with the "tabs" that would be at the shoulders. I don't see these elsewhere. What I would expect from a majority of images is a raised section in the center of the chest. So rather than tabs on the edges, I think these "tabs" may come together to form the raised center.
I have been skeptical of center closing T-Ys, because most images that are cited as such can be shown to be artists struggling with the perspective of a side closing armor. This does not invalidate double breasting, simply this commonly cited image.
Someone may have suggested this before.
I have been skeptical of center closing T-Ys, because most images that are cited as such can be shown to be artists struggling with the perspective of a side closing armor. This does not invalidate double breasting, simply this commonly cited image.
Someone may have suggested this before.
Paul M. Bardunias
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A Spartan, being asked a question, answered "No." And when the questioner said, "You lie," the Spartan said, "You see, then, that it is stupid of you to ask questions to which you already know the answer!"
