stop ribs over fabric?

knitebee · Post by **knitebee** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 11:37 pm

Is there any evidence of a stop rib being used on fabric covered breastplates such as Corrizia? I found one iffigy in my books that looks like it, but its not a large or clear enough picture to determine anything definiative from.

Chris Gilman · Post by **Chris Gilman** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 12:03 am

Yes, there are a couple. Stop rib at the neck as well as at the armpits

Tailoress · Post by **Tailoress** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 5:44 am

Brian, have you picked up the first ARS Journal? Doug Strong (Talbot) talks about this very thing in his article "The Glancing Surface and Its Effect on 14thc Armour". There's a photo in there of a Chalcis breastplate in the Met that has fabric remnants and two stop ribs (squiggly ones) placed at the neck and armpit. I don't want to talk about the hoops I jumped to get the permissions for that image in the Journal. Let's just say I was reminded of Terry Gilliam's Brazil.

-Tasha

knitebee · Post by **knitebee** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 12:08 pm

Thak you both so much,

Yes Tasha I have my ARS journal, of the 20some books I went through before posting this question it is one of the few I managed to leave on the shelf.