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Linothorax vs Quilted linen vs spolas
(03-07-2009, 09:18 AM)Dan Howard Wrote:
Quote:Xenophon of Carduchi bows penetrating first a Spartan Hoplite's shield, then Tube-and-Yoke corselet ( spolas - please don't raise that old chestnut about spolas not being armour....why would Xenophon think it to be  significant that the arrow penetrated it, if it were not some form of armour/protection?)
Probably for the same reason that Gerald of Wales mentioned it when a Welsh arrrow penetrated both mail and undergarment to pin a Norman's leg to his horse. Why can not this garment be the equivalent of the spolas? Mail underpadding was not thick enough to provide any protection in its own right and was never worn as such. A different padded garment was worn as standalone armour. It was considerably thicker and tailored differently. I'm still waiting to see anything to demonstrate that the spolas was intended to be worn as standalone armour.

Do you think that a spolas could have been a decorative covering over quilted linen?
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RE: Linothorax vs Quilted linen vs spolas - by Braden Vande Plasse - 04-27-2016, 08:04 PM

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