07-12-2007, 09:58 AM
Back briefly to the original question.
A Corbridge Type B breastplate.
http://museums.ncl.ac.uk/archive/arma/c ... uir05b.htm
I can't believe this thing hung vertically at the centre of the chest, as it would squeeze the wearer's neck to a few inches. It didn't even have a rolled edge at the neck.
This one, however, would be okay to hang vertically without cutting off the blood supply to the brain:
http://www.armatura.connectfree.co.uk/jrmes/j0601b.htm
Notably, it's an earlier Kalkriese type. Does this suggest that the armour developed in such a way that it was realised gaps were appearing when a soldier lifted his shoulders and arms, and injuries occurred as a result? Who knows, but it's a possibility.
What's most telling about these diagrams of the Corbridge A and B is that the connectors fastening the girth hoops to the breastplates are more towards the centre, which says to me that the breastplates had to angle inwards for the parts to attach.
Here's Mike Bishop's own drawing of a Type B:
http://www.romancoins.info/segmentata-r ... ct-mcb.gif
And Peter Connolly's Type A (note the width of the breastplates compared to where the girth hoops cross over at their centre):
http://www.legionxxiv.org/corbridgaenlrg/
A Corbridge Type B breastplate.
http://museums.ncl.ac.uk/archive/arma/c ... uir05b.htm
I can't believe this thing hung vertically at the centre of the chest, as it would squeeze the wearer's neck to a few inches. It didn't even have a rolled edge at the neck.
This one, however, would be okay to hang vertically without cutting off the blood supply to the brain:
http://www.armatura.connectfree.co.uk/jrmes/j0601b.htm
Notably, it's an earlier Kalkriese type. Does this suggest that the armour developed in such a way that it was realised gaps were appearing when a soldier lifted his shoulders and arms, and injuries occurred as a result? Who knows, but it's a possibility.
What's most telling about these diagrams of the Corbridge A and B is that the connectors fastening the girth hoops to the breastplates are more towards the centre, which says to me that the breastplates had to angle inwards for the parts to attach.
Here's Mike Bishop's own drawing of a Type B:
http://www.romancoins.info/segmentata-r ... ct-mcb.gif
And Peter Connolly's Type A (note the width of the breastplates compared to where the girth hoops cross over at their centre):
http://www.legionxxiv.org/corbridgaenlrg/
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