Linothorax vs Quilted linen vs spolas

[Matthew Amt]

(not that making sense to moderns has much to do with ancient thinking/deed)

One of my common mantras, of course!

Actually, there is at least one Mycenaean illustration that shows quilting in a diagonal grid. Of course, we can't *prove* it's quilting, or even linen, just as we can't prove that the depictions of vertical dotted lines are quilting. That's just all we have to go on. I realize that lots of quilting lines very closely spaced makes layered linen more resistant and stiff, but when I make a Mycenaean quilted linen tunic I'll probably space the rows of quilting an inch or two apart. Unless someone comes up with an archeological find of more closely-quilted linen somewhere. The original depictions don't look like they are quilted all that tightly. It's the same old story--Yes, we can think of ways to make something better than the ancients did, but it's probably good enough to aim for how they seemed to make it. If it worked for them, it should work for us. See the quote above!

Khairete,

Matthew