Sounds about right. The circular style brooches (Skrydstrup Brooch,scroll down) http://www.nordicarts.com/viking_brooches_01_HUB.htm would more likely have been used but I have seen some at SCA events use the tortoise brooch instead because that is what they had. I have come to understand that brooch style may vary from region to region and sometimes town to town.
-----Original Message----- Do you mean that the collarbone-location style referred to in the article is more like a peplos? Were these large brooches worn with those? The people I mentioned that I've seen were wearing dresses with straps and the brooches somewhere between the collarbone and the nipple. Thanks, Melanie On Feb 12, 2008, at 5:55 PM, otsisto wrote: > That is more of a "Celtic" and Roman style with tubular apron and > no straps. > > -----Original Message----- > I have to say I don't think I've > ever seen anyone in re-enacting circles wear them as high as the > collarbone (cited in the article as the location that this new theory > is debunking). > > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
