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After about 1340, the plates covering the chest were combined to form an early breastplate, replacing the coat of plates. [3] After 1370, the breastplate covered the entire torso. [3] Different forms of the coat of plates, known as the brigandine and jack of plates, remained in use until the late 16th century. [2]
Developed in antiquity but became common in the 14th century with the reintroduction of plate armour, later sometimes two pieces overlapping for top and bottom. Whether of one piece or two, breastplate is sometimes used to literally describe the section that covers the breast. Plackart: Extra layer of plate armour initially covering the belly.
A brigandine is a form of body armour from the late Middle Ages and up to the early Modern Era. It is a garment typically made of heavy cloth, canvas, or leather, lined internally with small oblong steel plates riveted to the fabric, sometimes with a second layer of fabric on the inside.
A knight in full kasten-brust armour without gauntlets (altar of Saint Leonard churge in Basele by Conrad Witz,1435) Kasten-brust armour (German: Kastenbrust — "box-shaped breast") — is a German form of plate armour from the first half of 15th century. Kasten-brust armour was a style of early gothic armour widely used in the Holy Roman Empire.
Jack of plate, English or Scottish, c1590 Jack of plate, English, c1580-90. A jack of plate is a type of armour made up of small iron plates sewn between layers of felt and canvas.
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Over the course of the Joseon Dynasty, Korean scaled armour changed in style. Initially the scales were on the exterior of the armour and thus attached to a base leather and fabric backing, but by the later Joseon era the scales (by this time mostly hardened leather) were riveted inside the armour coat, [11] forming a type of brigandine armour.
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