XIV cen arms protection -- myArmoury.com

Augusto Boer Bront · Industry Professional

Area: North Italy, Friuli Period:1320-1360 (I know, it's a period too long, but in the reenactment I partecipe the organizators don't know well which is the period we play)
Are this historically inaccurate?

http://www.medievalware.com/14th-Century-Knig...b0083m.htm

Edit: and what about this? http://www.medievalware.com/Milanese-Point-Ti...b0085m.htm

Augusto Boer Bront · Industry Professional

Sorry for the links.
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Artis Aboltins · Posted: Fri 11 Dec, 2009 9:23 am Post subject:

Second one is definitely ways too late for that period. First one might work.

Augusto Boer Bront · Industry Professional

And what about this http://www.bestarmour.com/arm_harness_1.html Code: RH 1.4 There are holes on the cannons, why? They have to be fixed to the coters with rivets? The rebraces stand alone or they have to be fixed to the pauldrons?
And this http://www.bestarmour.com/leg_harness_1.html Code:NL 1.4
The holes on the cuisses need to fix them to the belt or so?

Sorry for the multiple post.

Chad Arnow · myArmoury Team

Augusto Boer Bront · Industry Professional

But are the things I posted right for the period?

Chad Arnow · myArmoury Team

Zac Evans · Posted: Sun 13 Dec, 2009 1:18 pm Post subject:

Here's a rather nice effigy:

With a gorgeous reproduction armour:

Such a harness is slightly later than your period, but is the kind of thing you might want to try from the examples you've been showing. The benefit would be that the large amount of textile armour would be relatively easy to make as long as you can sew. Much easier to learn than the skill of making good plate armour...

Randall Moffett · Posted: Mon 14 Dec, 2009 7:29 am Post subject:

Augusto,

This site might be of use to you.

http://www.gothiceye.com/

Basically the articulated couter to rerebrace and vambrace appears around the mid 14th. While this is true the issue is that the different rerebraces, vambraces, couters, fans and lames change drastically even in the same time frame. I think looking at some effigies might give you some help in getting an idea what you are looking for.

Zac,

Wow that is a nice harness!

RPM

Augusto Boer Bront · Industry Professional

Ah, remember that these protection are combined with a sugarloaf great helm.
http://www.gothiceye.com/popup.asp?Ref=KN033
1337, they are the same

Zac Evans · Posted: Mon 14 Dec, 2009 8:06 am Post subject:

Felix R. · Posted: Mon 14 Dec, 2009 8:55 am Post subject:

He is asking for some Italian stuff, that is different from the English depictions in a way. the 3 Osprey books are good sources, as they cover the mentioned area and timeframe.