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Chainmail hauberk (AB)

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Chainmail hauberk

Hauberks are known in Denmark from approx. 350 BC and in the Middle Ages they are also a permanent part of the armor.
The hauberk are made up of thousands of flat rings, riveted together in a pattern of one ring with rivets sometimes assembled with four fixed rings without rivets. The construction makes the armor lightweight and provides freedom of movement, while at the same time resisting cuts, chops, and distributing power from the impact into the rings.
The hauberk develops in the 13th century to also have a firm hood and mitts. Later, the chainmail is used to cover crevices and joints in the plate armors.

Sources

Chainmail hauberk 01 (A)

Source type (A):
Archaeological object.
Current location:
Kulturhistorisk museum, Oslo, Norway (C455).
Place of origin:
Verdal, Norway.
Dating:
Medieval.
Note:
Half-length sleeves.
Flat rivet rings.

Chainmail hauberk 02 (B)

Source type (B):
Manuscript.
Name:
Ordo Sancti Benedicti. Abbatia Sancti Laurentii (Liège).
Author:
-
Current location:
Koninklijke Bibliotheek van België, Brussels, Belgium (Ms. 10066-77 - f.250).
Place of origin:
Abbaye de Stavelot, Liège, Belgium.
Dating:
Ca. 900-1000.

Chainmail hauberk 03 (B)

Embroidered tapestry.
Navn:
Bayeux tapestry.
Author:
Possibly made by order of Bishop Odo of Bayeux.
Current location:
Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Bayeux, Bayeux, France.
Place of origin:
Possibly made in England.
Dating:
After 1070.
Note:
Battle of Hastings in 1066.

More sources

Chainmail hauberk 04 (A)

Source type (A):
Archaeological object.
Current location:
Kulturhistorisk museum, Oslo, Norway (Gjermundbufunnet I, C27317).
Place of origin:
Haugsbygd, Ringerike, Norway.
Dating:
Last half of the 900s.
Note:
Short sleeves.
Round rivet rings.

Cross -Reference

Leaf-shaped Infantry Spear 03 (B)

Source type (B):
Manuscript.
Name:
Worms Bible (The Book of Job).
Author:
-
Current location:
British Library, London, U.K. (Harley MS 2803 - f.126v).
Place of origin:
Worms, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany.
Datering:
Ca. 1148.
Note:
Illustration of David against Goliath.

Mural 01 (A)

Source type (A):
Mural.
Name:
-
Author:
-
Current location:
Lyngby Kirke, Brabrand, Denmark.
Place of origin:
Lyngby Kirke, Brabrand, Denmark.
Dating:
1175 - 1200.

Kettle Hat 04 (B)

Source type (B):
Manuscript.
Name:
Apocalypse glosée.
Author:
Illuminator: Maître de Sarum.
Current location:
Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, France (BNF: Français 403 - f.1v).
Place of origin:
France.
Dating:
1240-1250.

Long knife / Seax - 05 (B)

Source type (B):
Manuscript.
Name:
The Alphonso Psalter (Tenison Psalter).
Author:
-
Current location:
Brithish Library, London, Storbritannien (Add MS 49622 - f.17r).
Place of origin:
England.
Dating:
Ca. 1284-1316.
Note:
The first half of the manuscript from which this illustration originates, dates back to 1284.

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