"Analysis of Armor used 1300-1450" Topic

This is a rather wonky analysis of 1300 effigies across multiple cultures created between 1300 and 1450 showing what type of armor was used at the time.

I know someone on here will be spending hours rooting through this data.

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Wyatt

Thanks Wyatt, I am just geek enough about medievals to find this really interesting…I need help.

Allen

Not the only one.

Interesting how precipitous the change was around 1340 to 1350 period. Confirms some suspicions but it's nice to see it graphically. Also coat-of-plates not as common as I would have thought…

Damon.

Aaaargh this is too cruel with us…! Another reason to spend our time!

AND this is about "effigies" (burial statues). Was there a difference in fashion between burial effigies and what was actually worn on battlefields in the same time?

Well I imagine that shifts in styles are probably more noticable in effigies than on the battle field. While you may not go out and replace your armour with the newest style, you might as well have them carve your statue as though you had.

The effigies are beleived to have been made after the death of the notable they are associated with, often by a generation (30+ years) or so. They also seem to have varied a lot, the wealthiest families such as the Warwicks could send the deceased's last armour along with a portrait to the effigy sculptor, other families seem to have just gone with a 'standard' design from a sample with a bit of customisation such as the family device on the shield.

On another note, how much did it cost to commission a tomb effigy? I presume that it would take a skilled sculptor quite some time to carve one, plus material and transportation expenses on top of that.

I was expecting pictures not graphs…

thanks for that its actually very useful if your a sculptor

cheers

Thank-you for this – very interesting.