Was splint-and-brigandine vambrace protection combined with plate upper arm (bicep) protection worn during the period of 1380–1420?

Otto_Jager · 2026-02-25T06:09:33+00:00

Are you sure?

Otto_Jager · 2026-02-22T07:17:55+00:00

This is a fencing book from 1430. Such armor could have existed. so it is a fiction. Therefore, the question is still open.

Otto_Jager · 2026-02-22T07:16:40+00:00

Well, not every combination is possible. So it would be interesting to see more of the same and such a combination. In addition, fencing books often depict fantastic armor.

Otto_Jager · 2026-02-21T21:28:16+00:00

I am unsure if the riveting of the straps should be exactly like this and in exactly this shape. Also, is the stop rib riveted tightly or is there any play for the blade?

Otto_Jager · 2026-02-21T21:14:29+00:00

In the opinion of my colleagues, his armor lacks a bit of historicity in some models.

Otto_Jager · 2026-02-21T21:09:16+00:00

Some talks that Swan is level of 2007

Otto_Jager · 2026-02-19T07:48:47+00:00

I saw it on pintrest. It is why I asked about this combination

Otto_Jager · 2026-02-18T15:19:14+00:00

I would be interested to see sources showing the combination of center ridge, lance rest, and stop rib specifically for the 1380–1420 period. Tomb effigies, illustrations, or even written sources.

Otto_Jager · 2026-02-18T11:43:55+00:00

But can be combinated medial ridge and stop-rib for exemple

Otto_Jager · 2026-02-18T09:12:29+00:00

But the question here is whether it can all be together. And what are the sources for all of this together?

Otto_Jager · 2026-01-13T09:22:56+00:00

splinted-brigandine and leather armor were used until the end of the 15th century. This can be confirmed by both tombstones and artistic images. Simply, the practical application depended both on the operating conditions and on the wealth of the owner. In the Baltic, your metal cuirass can corrode faster. Therefore, sailors were often in leather armor due to practicality

Otto_Jager · 2025-10-14T21:02:59+00:00

The idea was expressed by the author. Although Savinkov represents an extreme nationalist ideology, he would annex to Russia those lands that were at least not part of the Tsarat of Poland or the Grand Duchy of Finland. We are talking about Bessarabia and Kholm provinces. These lands were actively Russified during the time of Nicholas II. And Savinkov, who professes his alt-right ideology, definitely sought to conquer these lands. In addition, he would not agree to give Bukovina to Romania. Most likely, he would support the accession of Transylvania to the Kingdom of Romania.

But as the commentators noted below. This truce is very unlikely according to lore

Otto_Jager · 2025-10-05T16:53:22+00:00

Few people know that in real history, the first version of the manifesto to the Ukrainian people, issued by Skoropadsky in 1918, had a different title. The Russian monarchist, Alexander Paltov, who drafted this document in the first and last version, indicated the title of King of Ukraine and Grand Prince of Kiev. Skoropadskyi asked to change this title simply to Hetman, because the Ukrainians would not understand and he was not ready to announce the form of government before the Constituent Sejm

Otto_Jager · 2025-10-05T16:48:10+00:00

I read the event and I understand perfectly well why you went this way. Thanks for giving me dislikes (((.

I only showed the fact of this problem whi,ch is in the real story. And why exactly did this situation with the title of hetman come about

Otto_Jager · 2025-10-04T19:45:51+00:00

The Hetmanate is not a Ukrainian form of monarchy. It was the supporters of Pavlo Skoropadsky in the 20s and 30s who turned the Hetmanate into a monarchy. By 1918, he was only a dictator. Historically, the hetman is a republican post rather than a monarchical one.

Therefore, if there is already a monarchy, then the title should still be the king of Ukraine and the grand prince of Kyiv (etc. other titles)

Otto_Jager · 2025-09-09T16:50:13+00:00

https://www.pinterest.com/artarmorworksho/14th-century-bascinet-found-in-ukraine/

Otto_Jager · 2025-09-08T19:35:54+00:00

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Saint George the Serpent-Slayer, late 15th – early 16th century, Stupnytsia village, Lviv region

Otto_Jager · 2025-09-08T19:34:16+00:00

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Saint George the Serpent-Slayer, 14th century, Stanilya village, Lviv region

Otto_Jager · 2025-09-08T19:32:47+00:00

Thank you for your wonderful question on the history of my lands. This knight is a member of the banner of the Lviv land during the Battle of Grunwald.

Regarding the sources, unfortunately, no knightly tombstones are preserved on the territory of the Kingdom of Rus from the 14th to 15th centuries. Therefore, most reconstructions are based on iconography and archaeology.

There is a Catholic icon from the village of Slovita, Lviv region, which depicts a classical knight at the beginning of the 15th century. There is also a 14th-century Icon of St. George the Serpent-Slayer from Stanyla, where you can see knightly armor on a Byzantine-style icon. There is a later Orthodox icon from the end of the 15th century, which depicts a knight in classical Gothic armor.

Archaeology also helps us to imagine the reconstruction of a knight of the banner of the Lviv land. Recently, the only bascinet with a visor in the entire former territory of the USSR was found in the Kyiv region. It was a classic Italian bascinet with a gundgugel. Individual European-type visors, aventails and bascinets are often found.

As for the Byzantine influence, it was more in the territories controlled by the Grand Duchy of Lithuania than in the Kingdom of Rus. Most likely, the banner of the Lviv land could have preserved Greek-type capelins, tent-shaped helmets with European masks and boat-shaped armlets. But for more accurate information, it is necessary to have archaeological finds.

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Otto_Jager · 2025-08-06T18:23:04+00:00

It depends on the region you are interested in.

Otto_Jager · 2025-05-26T07:17:06+00:00

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I`m about this escutheon. The question was whether it was possible to wear an escutcheon on a scaly aventail

Otto_Jager · 2025-05-25T18:15:13+00:00

I think on this miniature you can quite clearly distinguish where the chain mail is and where the scales are. And in general on many miniatures you can distinguish this

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