12-18-2006, 10:22 AM
Steve,
Then I would have to say it is there to increase mobility most likely for cavalry. There are some other illuminations with the rider "scrunched up" like a jockey.
Look at the botom of this page under the big hairy Kipcak. [url:2gsgb127]http://users.bigpond.net.au/quarfwa/quarfwa/my_homepage.htm[/url] Besides the lamella you'll see a familiar scale corslet and zaba. This shows the seperated area as well. Graham designed this from with cavalry armour in mind. It allows a lot of mobility and movement on foot as well. I think that you would need at least a kabadion and or lorika of mail to give some potection there.
Then I would have to say it is there to increase mobility most likely for cavalry. There are some other illuminations with the rider "scrunched up" like a jockey.
Look at the botom of this page under the big hairy Kipcak. [url:2gsgb127]http://users.bigpond.net.au/quarfwa/quarfwa/my_homepage.htm[/url] Besides the lamella you'll see a familiar scale corslet and zaba. This shows the seperated area as well. Graham designed this from with cavalry armour in mind. It allows a lot of mobility and movement on foot as well. I think that you would need at least a kabadion and or lorika of mail to give some potection there.
Peter Raftos