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stop ribs over fabric?
Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 11:37 pm
by knitebee
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.
Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2006 12:03 am
by Chris Gilman
Yes, there are a couple. Stop rib at the neck as well as at the armpits
Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2006 5:44 am
by Tailoress
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
Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2006 12:08 pm
by knitebee
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.