I'm looking for drawings or photographs of such belt "connector" like on the attached photo. Maybe some of you have something like this and can take pictures of each side? I need to make such connector as a last part to galdius I made. Thanks for help!
I think I can help you with images, drawings etc of several of these items, but I would like say I don't think this is meant to use that way. For some time the general view seems to be that it is part of elaborate horse harnesses. For you gladius I would recommend to just use a simple belt without such connector.
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Thanks for response. Temporary I'm using simple buckle to connect two belt stripes... Looks like this could be good solution...
Anyway, Jvrjenivs if you could send me some photos or drawings for better understanding of such connector I would be grateful. This could be useful for future
Agrimensor, does within this solution from your attachment a belt is made from one piece of leather?
Quote:I guess there is absolutely no archaeological find or sculptural evidence about attaching the sword to a belt (shoulder/waist)?
There is evidence for shoulder belts, of course, but they all don't show such an connector in their setup. They all seem to be made out of one piece, sometimes decorated.
Sander Van Daele post=282137 Wrote:I guess there is absolutely no archaeological find or sculptural evidence about attaching the sword to a belt (shoulder/waist)?
There is evidence for shoulder belts, of course, but they all don't show such an connector in their setup. They all seem to be made out of one piece, sometimes decorated.
May I please be a cavalry bore and ask why the connector is thought to be harness? Or perhaps you could show me a ink to the previous discussion as me Search has not produced it.
Thanks in advance...
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Quote:May I please be a cavalry bore and ask why the connector is thought to be harness? Or perhaps you could show me a ink to the previous discussion as me Search has not produced it.
Thanks in advance...
sure. Simply because over 90% of these finds could be positively linked to a cavalry context. See for instance the second items I mentioned in my previous post, where you can see it still connected to one of the back-phalerae of a cavalry harness from Doorwerth. For more information, I would suggest to look up this article by Mike Bishop.
________________________________________ Jvrjenivs Peregrinvs Magnvs / FEBRVARIVS
A.K.A. Jurjen Draaisma CORBVLO and Fectio ALA I BATAVORUM