01-05-2007, 07:31 PM
Jyrki,
The so-called 'narrow lamellae' from Corbridge belong to the class of Roman locking-scale used all along Third century AD (for me it is interesting the Fourth century date of the Corbridge scales, perhaps I'll try to reconstruct a cuirass for me in a future :wink: ) They appear usually associated to embossed chest-plates, a useful feature to dress and undress a fairly rigid armour.
Call them lamellae (Well, after all they aren't sewn by rows to a fabric backing! :roll: )or scales, the point is that they weren't laced at all but joined using copper-alloy wire staples.
Jef,
The Dura 'lamellar armour' are a pair of non-matching rawhide scale cuisses. They can be called lamellae because they are only laced and not sewn by rows to a fabric backing. Notwithstanding, the tips of the scales/lamellae aren't connected to the following row, like it happens on true lamellar armour (and on locking scale armour but here is no lacing) and, therefore, they resemble more scales than lamellae :?
Aitor
The so-called 'narrow lamellae' from Corbridge belong to the class of Roman locking-scale used all along Third century AD (for me it is interesting the Fourth century date of the Corbridge scales, perhaps I'll try to reconstruct a cuirass for me in a future :wink: ) They appear usually associated to embossed chest-plates, a useful feature to dress and undress a fairly rigid armour.
Call them lamellae (Well, after all they aren't sewn by rows to a fabric backing! :roll: )or scales, the point is that they weren't laced at all but joined using copper-alloy wire staples.
Jef,
The Dura 'lamellar armour' are a pair of non-matching rawhide scale cuisses. They can be called lamellae because they are only laced and not sewn by rows to a fabric backing. Notwithstanding, the tips of the scales/lamellae aren't connected to the following row, like it happens on true lamellar armour (and on locking scale armour but here is no lacing) and, therefore, they resemble more scales than lamellae :?
Aitor
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