basic armor

[tlclark]

welcome to the board.

Leather armor is, as far as I'm concerned, a myth. Looks great for "Ren Faires", and for [SCA] groups that have no ties to historical accuracy,

(Ahem):roll:

Sorry to pipe in here...



This is a statue of Hadrian (or an Antonine General) from the Bergama Museum in Turkey. It is one example of many of a stylistic type going all the way back to the Hellenistic era. It has all the features of a musculata, has a muscled form, and the harness and decoration is on the exterior, so it is not a subarmalis, yet it is obviously only semi-rigid.

I discuss it in detail here.

http://astro.temple.edu/~tlclark/lorica ... eather.htm

I have no doubt that at least some of the musculata were leather. Whether they were predominantly leather, is anybody's guess but I make my best argument above.

Travis