05-05-2014, 06:29 AM
I don't have pictures at hand from Gansser (Das Leder und seine Verarbeitung im römischen Legionslager Vindonissa. Gesellschaft Pro Vindonissa, 1942), but I went through it some years ago in the library. If I find the time I'll go and look at it once more in the next weeks. There are a number of fragments out of which Gansser reconstructed (or wanted to reconstruct) a leather jacket, front opening apparently, which is unusual for garments of that time in itself. Though the pieces could well be from garments, I wasn't convinced they all came from one and the same. After all they came from a dumpsite IIRC.
The same is true for other pieces of leather that are reported as pieces of garments (e.g. the pieces reported in Louise Miller, John Schofield, Michael Rhodes. The Roman Quay at St. Magnus House, London: Excavations at New Fresh Wharf, Lower Thames Street, London, 1974-78, cited above by you, Nathan). They may well be, but from what little survives, it is hard to say much more than garments (tunics?) made from leather existed. I haven't come across any so far that was complete enough to show what such a "shirt" really looked like unfortunately.
The same is true for other pieces of leather that are reported as pieces of garments (e.g. the pieces reported in Louise Miller, John Schofield, Michael Rhodes. The Roman Quay at St. Magnus House, London: Excavations at New Fresh Wharf, Lower Thames Street, London, 1974-78, cited above by you, Nathan). They may well be, but from what little survives, it is hard to say much more than garments (tunics?) made from leather existed. I haven't come across any so far that was complete enough to show what such a "shirt" really looked like unfortunately.
Cheers,
Martin
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