05-02-2014, 03:40 PM
I use the term "banded scale armour" for the Byzantine armour there - although I suppose it is more a hybrid of scale (in that metal plates are attached to a leather strip) and lamellar (in that the leather strips are laced together), as opposed to what I term "banded armour" - which is technology like the manica and segmentata and certain types of articulation on later plate harnesses, using rivets and internal leathers.
I would hesitate to use the terms "lamellar" or "scale" in isolation when referring to such an armour.
I would hesitate to use the terms "lamellar" or "scale" in isolation when referring to such an armour.
Nadeem Ahmad
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