[gothic-l] Re: New to the list with questions

[Francisc Czobor]

Hi Dirk!

Thank you very much for your remark.
I really believed that the eagle-fibulae were worn both by men and
women.

Francisc

--- In gothic-l at yahoogroups.com, "faltin2001" <dirk at s...> wrote:
> --- In gothic-l at yahoogroups.com, "Francisc Czobor"
<fericzobor at y...>
> wrote:
> ...
> Hi Francic,
>
> these 'eagle-fibulae' are of course very well known, and the shape
> was also adopted by Thuringians and Alamannians, but it is of
course
> a typical Gotho-Gepidic form. Yet, you wrote about chieftains
wearing
> such fibulae, which I think is not correct. The large eagle fibulae
> are part of the female dress, it was worn by wealthy Gothic and
> Gepidic women not by men (at least not the typical large ones). The
> same is true for the eagle belt-buckle, they are mostly from female
> graves.
>
> Cheers
> Dirk
>



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