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Corbridge A Breastplates - to cross or not cross diagonally?
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The breatplates sit square, not because they are wider, but because the wearer has square shoulders. When his subarmalis is worn the shoulders will sit flatter.. parallel to the ground

The plates are proportioned to fit the shoulders of Vitruvius. The originals are all way too small for his body thus they've been proportiond to fit

Functionality, durability. The plates all work better when aligned as pictured. Stresses on straps and fittings are reduced especially in combat, also when carrying the sarcina or when digging ditches.

We'll never know if the originals ever lined up.
We'll never know if the shapes, as found, were as worn.
If the plates, as found, are mis-shapen then any replica based on that would be in error.

Perhaps the originals were made to fit their wearer's? .... shaped, formed and bent to fit.. which means that if exact replicas of originals are put on the wrong body shape the resulting fit would be incorrect.

Based on my experiences (150+ segs and tens of thousands of man-hours of use) the squarer the breast plates fit the better the range of motion; the least amount of stress on fittings, straps and rivets.

The sarcina rides significantly better if the shoulders are square. Easier on the armor and the soldier
Hibernicus

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Messages In This Thread
lorica - by brennivs - tony drake - 06-19-2007, 10:23 PM
lorica seg - by brennivs - tony drake - 06-21-2007, 07:37 PM
Re: lorica seg - by Matt Lukes - 06-22-2007, 12:03 AM
corbridge A - by brennivs - tony drake - 06-24-2007, 09:39 PM
Re: corbridge A - by Matt Lukes - 06-26-2007, 08:17 PM
Re: Corbridge A Breastplates - to cross or not cross diagonally? - by Hibernicus - 06-30-2007, 06:21 AM

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