12-13-2019, 03:27 AM
(12-07-2019, 10:23 PM)Dan Howard Wrote: We have no idea what Greek linen armour looked like. The tube and yoke armour we see in illustrations is more likely to have been made from hide. It is likely that some of their armour was made from linen but there is nothing to say that it must have been of a tube and yoke style. IMO it was made in a very similar manner as a light European jack - 10-15 layers of linen compressed with dense rows of quilting.Careful now, there is no evidence or consensus that the T&Y was made of hide. There are many folks who look at the scarcity of data and think hide and many others who think layered linen, with adhesive or not. The consensus is the armor was made in the shape you see on the depictions, it's not just an artistic convention, but from there we await further evidence that is conclusive.
My money is on technology. We can now read ancient Papyrus used for mummy masks and most of that was ordinary record keeping and other banal subjects. One record discussing hides or linen for armor used by the numerous Greek mercenaries in Egypt would be welcome!
Joe Balmos
