Coat of plate (segmented armor) (AB)

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Coat of plate (segmented armor)

The coat of plate is a torso protection consisting of steel plates riveted on the inside of a fabric or leather suit. To use plates underneath a chainmail hauberk is known from English knight tournaments around 1180. From the middle of the 13th century, the segmented coat of plate, which is worn outside the chainmail hauberk, has spread to most of Europe.
The number of plates varies from 8-10 plates to hundreds. Overlapping of the plates is developed so that they do not impede movement while providing full coverage.
For the knights, coat of plate develops into real plate and brigandine armor in the 14th century, but it is still used subsequently by infantry soldiers and militias.

Sources

Coat of plate (segmented armor) 01 (A)

Source type (A):
Archaeological object.
Current location:
Nationalmuseet, Copenhagen Denmark (D 12764).
Place of origin:
Visby, Sweden.
Dating:
Before 1361.

Coat of plate 02 (B)

Source type (B):
Manuscript.
Name:
Expositio in Apocalypsim.
Author:
Alexander, Minorita.
Current location:
Cambridge University Library (MS Mm.5.31 - f.139r).
Current location:
Cologne or Lower Saxony.
Dating:
Ca. 1249-1250.
Note:
Teutonic-, templar-& hospitaller knights.

Coat of plate 03 (B)

Source type (B):
Manuscript.
Name:
Jena martyrologi.
Author:
-
Current location:
Thüringer Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Jena, Thüringen, Germany (Ms. Bos. q. 3 - f.83v).
Oprindelsessted:
Thüringen, Germany.
Dating:
Ca. 1275.

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Coat of plate 04 (B)

Source type (B):
Statue.
Name:
Skt. Mauritius.
Current location:
Dom zu Magdeburg St. Mauritius und Katharina, Magdeburg, Germany.
Place of origin:
Dom zu Magdeburg St. Mauritius und Katharina, Magdeburg, Germany.
Dating:
Ca. 1240.

Coat of plate 05 (A)

Source type (A):
Archaeological object.
Current location:
Historiska museet, Stockholm Sweden.
Place of origin:
Visby, Sweden.
Dating:
Before 1361.

Coat of plate 06 (B)

Source type (B):
Painting on Relic cupboard.
Current location:
Løgumkloster kirke, Løgumkloster Denmark.
Place of origin:
Løgumkloster Kirke, Løgumkloster Denmark.
Dating:
Ca. 1325.

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