[gothic-l] Re: Ostrogothic Dress

[faltin2001]

--- In gothic-l at y..., "ingemarn2000" <ingemar.nordgren at e...> wrote:
> --- In gothic-l at y..., "faltin2001" <dirk at s...> wrote:
> > Here is the URL to a page (in German) which shows on top a 
picture of 
> > one of the famous mosaics from San Apollinare, Ravenna. The text 
> > draws attention to the fact that the three persons in the middle 
of 
> > the picture (i.e. the 3 holy kings) are dipicted in trousers, 
with 
> > cloaks and so called Phrygian caps. The text states that this is 
> > probably typical Ostrogothic dress of the early 6th century, as 
> > opposed to the other figures, who wear classical Roman dress. 
> > Interestingly, Amalasuintha was also depicted wearing this 
Phrygian 
> > cap, which might indicate that the text is right and Goths wore 
this 
> > type of headdress.
> 
> Hi Dirk!
> 
> Thank you for this information. I have since long beleived the
> Sparlösa rune-stone in Västergötland to depict a Gothic Arian motif
> with a cathredal, a ship with crossed sail, two gothic peacocks and 
a
> rider hunting with  a phrygian cap on his head and a sword pointing
> tovards a beast- jaguar or something - and followed by a dog. Now it
> is confirmed he wears a Gothic cap. This means Christianity  might
> have arrived in Sweden already in the 6th century among individuals
> just as I have since long claimed.The stone is however dated till 
9th
> century which is  evidently dubious now. It is written in the young
> futhark but a lot of the writing is corrupted and impossible to 
read.
>  There is one known younger inscription also. Maybe there is an 
older
> writing in the corrupted part. A mystery indeed.
> 
> Kindly
> Ingemar


Hello again Ingemar,

I had a look at this rune stone:

http://home.no.net/ahruner/se-rune-sparloesa.jpg


I must say it requires a good deal of imagination to see the head 
dress of the horse man as a Phrygian cap. Also, the sail of the ship 
is a give-away that the stone cannot date to the 6th century, as 
sails were not used on the Baltic Sea at that time. 

cheers,
Dirk







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