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PostPosted: Sun 21 Dec, 2014 9:49 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

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The all-riveted construction does make the dating suspect, doesn't it?


Thats an important question, is that a proven fact without any doubt or is it an assumption with room for error.


I would say neither. To disprove it as a fact would only require one example of all riveted mail provably dating to before c.1275 or so, either extant or in inventory descriptions. To say that it is merely an assumption denies the evidence we have for all riveted construction becoming more common in Europe after c. 1300. Of course, all theories should be challenged in search of truth.


I guess it depends on if you can believe this.
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PostPosted: Mon 22 Dec, 2014 5:14 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Eric S wrote:

I guess it depends on if you can believe this.

That doesn't mean anything unless it was dug up by an archaeologist who could confirm the stratigraphy and determine the context of the find. That is the problem with looting - there is no dig report. Once the item is removed from the site it is impossible to determine provinance.

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PostPosted: Mon 22 Dec, 2014 5:35 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Viktor,

Can you supply us with the information from footnote 2, or any further information of the find site?

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PostPosted: Mon 22 Dec, 2014 7:27 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

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This site has a ton of pictures of Middle Eastern and South Asian mail, some of which are up close.


Awesome! Now only if they had a European mail gallery...


Now that would be something, imagine all of the known European mail images collected and made available for viewing in one place, that would be a worth while effort.

http://www.pinterest.com/samuraiantiques/european-mail-armor/


Does Pintrest force you to log in now to look at collections on there?

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PostPosted: Mon 22 Dec, 2014 7:28 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

I have to disappoint You guys...
That's all of the information that I have through the catalogue about this maille shirt...

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Before I spend time downloading and re-sizing etc a few mail pics from Leeds RA, is the shirt displayed with the John Smythe armour on this thread? plus any others from the displays? Not from catalogues or the store etc.
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PostPosted: Tue 23 Dec, 2014 2:22 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Jean Henri Chandler wrote:

Does Pintrest force you to log in now to look at collections on there?

Jean, not as far as I know, try this link.
https://www.pinterest.com/worldantiques/european-mail-armor/
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PostPosted: Tue 23 Dec, 2014 2:31 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Mark, here is another one of your pictures, any information on the helmet or the hauberk (interesting collar), museum, dates etc???

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Mark Griffin wrote:
Before I spend time downloading and re-sizing etc a few mail pics from Leeds RA, is the shirt displayed with the John Smythe armour on this thread? plus any others from the displays? Not from catalogues or the store etc.


As far as I am aware there are no images of the hauberk shown with the John Smythe armor other than in some small sized full shots and a few glimpses from some close up images of the armor. I do not recall any of the Royal Armouries hauberks being posted here that were taken from the displays.





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I think it's interesting to note how fine the links of the Smythe shirt are, and how relatively widely flattened the overlap is. In certain lighting conditions, they look passingly similar to some of the production mail I've seen, albeit with much finer links.

It also looks as though his left gauntlet has taken a blow near the inside of the wrist (either that, or some sort of unusual creasing of the gauntlet due to design, accident, etc...)

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Is there any reason to think that the mail exhibited with the Smythe armor is a shirt, rather than a pair of sleeves?

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Is there any reason to think that the mail exhibited with the Smythe armor is a shirt, rather than a pair of sleeves?

Mac


For me no, other than the fact that Mark called it a shirt. Maybe someone has some more info on this. Even if not a full hauberk it could still be a shirt.



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PostPosted: Mon 05 Jan, 2015 10:47 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Currently up for auction, clearly this was completely misidentified.


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European mail shirt , circa 1600, formed of flattened riveted rings extending to the upper thigh and covering the upper arms, the front vent with hook closure. H: 28 1/2 in. (approx).


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PostPosted: Fri 16 Jan, 2015 6:37 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

You are right Mac, could be anything. My bad! Sloppy..

Anyway, if you type 'vamplate' into google (as I'm buying some more so my hand stays attached) this pic comes up, linked with a Scrabble definition/scores site.

https://farm3.static.flickr.com/2935/14780434032_fd474379f9_m.jpg

the pic isn't on the site, is tiny and I have no more info. Looks intriguing though...

The holes in the rear lead me to think it might be mail but without a better pic, no idea.

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And re the shirt with the horizontally quilted collar withthe open faced helmet on top. Royal Armouries Turin. So your guess is as good as anyones...
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PostPosted: Fri 16 Jan, 2015 2:04 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Mark Griffin wrote:

Anyway, if you type 'vamplate' into google (as I'm buying some more so my hand stays attached) this pic comes up, linked with a Scrabble definition/scores site.

https://farm3.static.flickr.com/2935/14780434032_fd474379f9_m.jpg

the pic isn't on the site, is tiny and I have no more info. Looks intriguing though...

The holes in the rear lead me to think it might be mail but without a better pic, no idea.


Strange, indeed. I wonder where this is from....



Where ever it is, it's another example of a mail garment which depends on a fabric component.

I did an Google image search, but the only hits were from that side you mentioned.

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PostPosted: Fri 16 Jan, 2015 3:38 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

I'll add it to your other threads, Mac.

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Image from page 450 of "Illustrated catalogue of the exceedingly rare and valuable art treasures and antiquities formerly contained in the famous Davanzati Palace, Florence, Italy" (1916)

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Thank you, Mart!

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Robert MacPherson wrote:
Mark Griffin wrote:

Anyway, if you type 'vamplate' into google (as I'm buying some more so my hand stays attached) this pic comes up, linked with a Scrabble definition/scores site.

https://farm3.static.flickr.com/2935/14780434032_fd474379f9_m.jpg

the pic isn't on the site, is tiny and I have no more info. Looks intriguing though...

The holes in the rear lead me to think it might be mail but without a better pic, no idea.


Strange, indeed. I wonder where this is from....



Where ever it is, it's another example of a mail garment which depends on a fabric component.

I did an Google image search, but the only hits were from that side you mentioned.

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PostPosted: Fri 16 Jan, 2015 6:15 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Thank you, Eric! That's the one alright.

Tom Billiter just posted a link to this page over on the AA. https://archive.org/stream/ilcdavaatal00amer/ilcdavaatal00amer#page/n450/mode/1up




It would be nice if we could tell which of those identically described lots is the one illustrated. I am pretty sure I have not seen this in the Met's accession cards, so I suspect that the one illustrated in the catalog did not go to them.

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