07-22-2017, 07:05 PM
Only in the first image (Bastan Museum) is the knee facing backwards, all 4 others (that I can see, I get some malware reports) show the knee facing forwards, a sure sign that the rider is still in the common position. I don't know why the first plate show the rider reversed in the saddle. Maybe a mistake by an artist? A nobleman showing off?
Robert Vermaat
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FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
MODERATOR
FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)