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Non-white leg harness c. 1375 France?

Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 8:46 am
by Gregoire de Lyon
I'm not getting any traffic over on "I want to be..." so re=posting here.

I have not found any evidence for non-white leg harness in the last quarter of the 14th century in France. It seems to me that this time period is too late for splints and/or cuir-bouille and a little too early for velvet covered cuisses to be properly fashionable.

Am I missing something?

Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 5:52 pm
by white mountain armoury
You might want to look twards Straasburgh and other areas on the French German border.
Splints are in fashion in Germany for a longer period of time.
There are some excellent carvings in Strassburgh Cathedral but they predate your needs by some 30 years, but there may be more closer to your target date.