Cota de Malla Vikinga

Og escribió:De hecho ahora que lo comenta Tello, recuerdo en una ocasión que nos comentó Erick Slyter que solía utilizarse lana para las prendas, porque el algodón era más un lujo... (no sé si por el proceso de fabricación o costos... realmente esto no lo pregunté) pero si se utilizaban varias capas de tela de lana.

Statue of a Gallic warrior. This armour uses a highly unusual vertical orientation of the rings.




The earliest finds of mail are from a 4th century BC (Rusu, M., “Das Keltische Fürstengrab von Ciumeşti in Rumänien”, Germania 50, 1969, pp.267-269) Celtic chieftain's burial located in Ciumeşti, Romania. It is believed that the Roman Republic first came into contact with mail fighting the Gauls in Cisalpine Gaul, now Northern Italy. The Roman army adopted the technology for their troops in the form of the lorica hamata which was used as a primary form of armour through the Imperial period.

"David rejects the unaccustomed armour" (detail of fol. 28r of the 13th century Morgan Bible). The image depicts realistically the method of removing a hauberk.




The use of mail was prominent throughout the Dark Ages, High Middle Ages and Renaissance, and reached its apex in Europe, in terms of coverage, during the 13th century, when mail covered the whole body.
In the 14th century, plate armour began to supplement mail. Eventually mail was supplemented by plate for the most part. However, mail was still widely used by many soldiers as well as brigandines and padded jacks. These three types of armour made up the bulk of the equipment used by soldiers with mail being the most expensive. It was quite often more expensive than plate armour.^[2] A mail shirt interwoven between two layers of fabric is called jazzeraint, and can be worn as protective clothing.
Extant mail is common, but it is not proportionately represented in museum collections.
The Japanese used mail (kusari) in a limited fashion in armour beginning during the Nambokucho period (1336-1392). Two primary weave methods were used: a square 4-in-1 pattern (so gusari) and a hexagonal 6-in-1 pattern (hana gusari). Kusari was typically made with rings that were much smaller than their European counterparts, and on a much smaller scale - rather than creating full garments of mail, small sections were used to link together plates and to drape over vulnerable areas such as the underarm. The rings were not welded nor riveted shut, though some pieces were constructed of rings that consisted of two or more turns, similar to the modern split ring commonly used on keychains. The rings were lacquered to prevent rusting, and was always stitched onto a backing of cloth or leather. The kusari was sometimes concealed entirely between layers of cloth or leather.

Fuente:mail armour

McDrake escribió:Una pequeña aclaración, cota de malla significa, cotte de maille (del francés) que significa túnica de anillos; por lo tanto al referirnos a la cota se habla especificamente de la armadurq que cubre el torso