Chain Mail Shirt
1917.05.0007
Basic Information
| Artifact Identification | Chain Mail Shirt (1917.05.0007) |
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| Classification/ Nomenclature |
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| Artist/Maker | None |
| Geographic Location | |
| Period/Date | Gothic, 11th – 15th century |
| Culture | N/A |
Physical Analysis
| Dimension 1 (Length) | 133.0 cm |
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| Dimension 2 (Width) | 79.0 cm |
| Dimension 3 (Depth) | 1.5 cm |
| Weight | 8,461 g |
| Measuring Remarks | None |
| Materials | Metal--Iron |
| Manufacturing Processes | Forging, Cast |
| Munsell Color Information | Dark Grayish Brown (7.5 Y R 2/2) -ns |
Research Remarks
| Published Description | "CHAIN MAIL: This long shirt of interlinked metal rings, though heavy uncomfortable, was flexible and allowed movement. Knights wore it because before the manufacture of plate armor, chain mail provided a fair degree of protection." -John Buckler and John McKay, A History of Western Society, (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1979), 295. |
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| Description | N/A |
| Comparanda | Metropolitan Museum of Art, on file. |
| Bibliography | _A Guide to the Greek Coin Reproductions from the British Museum that are in the World Heritage Museum Collection_ NOTE: The "Guide" was compiled from information taken from: Hill, G.F. _A Guide to the Principal Coins of the Greeks from Circ. 700 B.C. to A.D. 270, Based on the Work of Barclay V. Head_. University Press, Oxford,j 1965. Head, Barclay V. _A Guide to the Principal Gold and Silver Coins of the Ancients from B.C. 700 to A.D. 1_. Oxford University Press, London, 1895. Buckler, John, and John McKay. A History of Western Society. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1979. |
Artifact History
| Archaeological Data | N/A |
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| Credit Line/Dedication | Purchase |
| Reproduction | no |
| Reproduction Information | N/A |