A \'new\' look at the linothorax

[Urselius]

If I can see a reconstruction using any material that looks and behaves like the depictions in art I will believe that it is at least possible.

So far the only reproductions I have seen that fit this prerequisite have been of glued textile.

The standing projection of the yoke at the back of the neck, faithfully reproduced in iron in the Vergina armour, is a case in point, This argues for the yoke being formed then cut to shape, the projection, useful as it may have been, is then a logical by product of its method of construction. In quilted armour this projection would have to have been specifically created, this would argue for a leather or glued-textile construct.