12-18-2006, 03:15 AM
Quote:Good point Stefanos but look at the close up it seems there is a belt of some fabric wrapped around the thing,holding it close to the body.
[url:3k0bi4m5]http://www.geocities.com/egfrothos/ThreeSaints3.html[/url]
That's the sash which seems to have signified one's status as a noble/officer.
BTW, I've found the picture I referred to which shows the thing as a definite gap in the armour it's at http://www.geocities.com/egfroth/Dscf0171.jpg - if you look carefully, you can see the mail shirt showing through the gap, as it does at the bottom of the klivanion. It's 14th century, from Kastoria - Taxiarchis Metropoleos.
DAMMIT!!!
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The Strategikon of Emperor Maurice
Steven Lowe
Australia
The Strategikon of Emperor Maurice
Steven Lowe
Australia