Padded Armour

[tlclark]

Yes Travis, but try to envisage a subarmalis composed of six superimposed layers of those triple-layered sandwiches! hock:
That's why I suggested to use only the front flet/textile layers for the subarmalis and sewn to the back of each pteruga the middle and back layer...

Well, it would be well padded!! I guess your right. If you have two layers of pteruges, and each pterugion has at least five layers of cloth, then that would of course mean that the subarmalis has 5 layers for each row of pteruges, as many as 15! that does seem to complicate the matter.

hhmmmm.

I need to sketch this out.

Your connexion of the multi-layered subarmalis with the Greek linen cuirass is attractive and would easily account for the multiple pterugae layers. The only problem to my mind is that the linothorax seems to be fairly rigid on the vase paintings and I don't know wheter it would work as a cushioned garment wornunder a rigid? cuirass. :?

Aitor

Actually, I think it would be quite easy to make a linothorax into a felexible and usable subarmalis. Just leave out the hide glue as you're making it. Instead of multiple layers of linen secured rigidly with glue, you have layers of linen/felt stitched together. It would add a fair amount of puncture resistance to the cuirass as well.