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Lamellar armour is a type of body armour, made from small rectangular plates (scales or lamellae) of iron or steel, leather , bone, or bronze laced into horizontal rows. Lamellar armour was used over a wide range of time periods in Central Asia , Eastern Asia (especially in China , Japan , Mongolia , and Tibet ), Western Asia , and Eastern Europe .
Lamellar armour was one of three early body armour types, made from rectangular or vaguely rectangular armour plates laced into horizontal rows. The other two types are scale armour and laminar armour. Lamellar armour was used over a wide range of time periods in Eastern Europe, the Middle East and across Asia, including Japan. Lamellar armour consists of hundreds of small rectangular iron ...
China has a long history of armour and weapons development. China has many varieties of armour, but the most common were of the lamellar, coat of plates, brigandine and scaled varieties. Initially, armour was exclusively for nobles. The earliest known armour used by the warriors of the Shang dynasty was light plated armoppear. Most of these were highly elaborate and decorated, and were often ...
A lame is a solid piece of sheet metal used as a component of a larger section of plate armor. Multiple lames are riveted together or connected by leather straps or cloth lacing to form an articulated piece of armor that provides flexible protection. The armor worn by the samurai class of feudal Japan used lames in the construction of many of their individual armor parts. Lamellar armour ...
The lamellar helmet ( German language: Lamellenhelm, plural Lamellenhelme) was a type of helmet used in Europe during the Early Middle Ages. Examples are characterized by caps made from overlapping lamellar scales, in addition to a brow plate, cheek guards, and camail. They are distinct from the contemporary spangenhelm and crested helmets also ...
Laminar armour. Roman lorica segmentata worn with manica. Laminar armour (from Latin: lamina – layer) is an armour made from horizontal overlapping rows or bands of, usually small, solid armour plates called lames, [1] as opposed to lamellar armour, which is made from individual armour scales laced together to form a solid-looking strip of ...
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Lamellar More than 30 lamellae (individual plates for lamellar armour ) were found in Birka, Sweden, in 1877, 1934 and 1998–2000. [44] They were dated to the same approximate period as the Gjermundbu mailshirt (900‒950) and may be evidence that some Vikings wore this armour, which is a series of small iron plates laced together or sewed to ...
