11-21-2006, 07:23 AM
At some stage I think the Book of Ceremonies mentions a spathovaklion (from spathion – a sword and Latin baculus, Greek baktron – a stick, a club) which Grotowski says can be interpreted as sign of a Scholia unit. (See St Bakkhos below)
Any more clues on this ( as he starts to put together info on the uniforms -ceremonial or otherwise of the Scholae)? Better still does any one have an illustration of an actual archaeological find of a maniakion ( golden torque) from the 9 - 12th C.
Any more clues on this ( as he starts to put together info on the uniforms -ceremonial or otherwise of the Scholae)? Better still does any one have an illustration of an actual archaeological find of a maniakion ( golden torque) from the 9 - 12th C.
Peter Raftos