av Ny Björn » 11 mars 2005, 20:14
Carolyn Priest-Dorman har skrivit ihop en hel sida om varför dräkterna i "Vikingen" inte bör användas som förlagor - den hittar man [url="http://www.cs.vassar.edu/~capriest/almcrit.html"]här[/url].
Om ryttarteckningen ifråga skriver hon:<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">The overgament the man on page 229 wears, a buttoned coat with transverse trim strips, is based on an incorrect interpretation of a specific Birka tunic, not a coat. The original was not a buttoned garment but a closed-torso blue-green wool tunic with a samite overlay on the chest to which many strips of silver brocaded tablet-weaving were stitched. His hat, with its prominent fur brim, would be fine if the fur were taken off (i.e., the peaked cap from Birka with its dangling silver mesh balls is correct); there's no evidence mentioned in the literature that any of the Birka hats were fur-brimmed. There's also no evidence for the cross-garters he wears: instead, there is a great deal of evidence in several places in the Viking world for spirally-wrapped leg coverings, many about 4" wide. The silver-embroidered collar he wears is based on the Valsgarde embroideries, which are as likely as not to have been cloak ornamentation; they definitely did not belong to a riding coat of this sort.<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote">Hennes sista kommentar om valsgärdekragen vet jag dock inte om jag skriver under på - det är en av den knappa miljard prylar jag har förutsatt mig att kolla upp, jag skall bara...
/N B