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04-15-2016, 06:05
Development of 10-12th century lamellar armour with Georgian examples
An extract from: Mamuka Tsurtsumia, The Evolution of Splint Armour in Georgia and Byzantium, Lamellar and Scale in the 10th-12th Centuries (http://warfare.tk/11/Tsurtsumia-Evolution_of_Splint_Armour_in_Georgia.htm)
With illustrations of icons, frescos, etc. of Georgian military saints in lamellar armour:
Shadows under the plates on the skirt of the Georgian warrior Saint in Timotesubani are expressed as a brown line by the artist, but on the lamellar cuirass both the bands and shadows can be seen (http://warfare.tk/11/Georgia-1-Warrior_Saint_in_Timotesubani.htm)
Georgian Saint from Timotesubani clad in traditional lamellar cuirass (http://warfare.tk/11/Georgia-4-Saint_in_Timotesubani.htm)
St George of Chukuli in lamellar armour backed with leather, 10th century (http://warfare.tk/11/Georgia-5-St_George_of_Chukuli.htm)
St George of Chikhareshi in lamellar armour with two rivets, 10th century (http://warfare.tk/11/Georgia-6-St_George_of_Chikhareshi.htm)
St George of Nakuraleshi in lamellar armour with two rivets (http://warfare.tk/11/Georgia-7-St_George_of_Nakuraleshi.htm)
St Procopius in lamellar with two rivets. Manuscript A648, p 60r, National Centre of Manuscripts of Georgia, 1030AD (http://warfare.tk/11/Georgia-8-St_Procopius_MSA648-60r.htm)
St George clad in linear lamellar with double riveting on the Mravaldzali icon, latter half of the 10th century (http://warfare.tk/11/Georgia-10-St_George_Mravaldzali_Icon.htm)
St George of Parakheti in linear lamellar armour with double riveting, end of the 10th century (http://warfare.tk/11/Georgia-11-St_George_of_Parakheti.htm)
St George of Nakipari clad in ‘inverted’ lamellar armour with double riveting, early 11th century (http://warfare.tk/11/Georgia-12-St_George_of_Nakipari.htm)
St George of Ipari in banded lamellar armour without riveting, 1st quarter of the 11th century (http://warfare.tk/11/Georgia-13-St_George_of_Ipari.htm)
St George of Labechina in banded lamellar armour with two rivets, second decade of the 11th century (http://warfare.tk/11/Georgia-14-St_George_of_Labechina.htm)
St George of Supi in banded ‘inverted’ lamellar armour with riveting, 11th century (http://warfare.tk/11/Georgia-15-St_George_of_Supi.htm)
St George of Supi, in typical banded lamellar armour with riveting (http://warfare.tk/11/Georgia-16-St_George_of_Supi.htm)
Georgian warrior Saint (St Theodore?) of Adishi in typical banded lamellar with riveting, 11th–12th century (http://warfare.tk/11/Georgia-17-Saint_of_Adishi.htm)
Fresco of St Theodore of Lagurka, in lamellar armour with riveting between the plates, turn of the 11th-12th centuries (http://warfare.tk/11/Georgia-18-St_Theodore_of_Lagurka.htm)
St Panteleimon on the processional cross of Pari, with banded lamellar with riveting between the plates of the lamellar cuirass, 12th-century (http://warfare.tk/11/Georgia-19-St_Panteleimon_of_Pari.htm)
St George in the lamellar with rectangular plates, on the façade of the Adishi church, 11th–12th century (http://warfare.tk/11/Georgia-21-Saint_George_of_Adishi.htm)
St George of Jakhunderi in lamellar armour with concealed thongs, 11th century (http://warfare.tk/11/Georgia-23-St_George_of_Jakhunderi.htm)
St George of Khidistavi in lamellar armour with protuberances, first third of the 11th century (http://warfare.tk/11/Georgia-24-St_George_of_Khidistavi.htm)
Georgian warrior Saint of Pavnisi in lamellar armour with protuberances (http://warfare.tk/11/Georgia-25-Saint_of_Pavnisi.htm)
Georgian warrior Saint of Timotesubani in lamellar armour with the protuberances oriented downward, turn of the 12th-13th centuries (http://warfare.tk/11/Georgia-26-Saint_of_Timotesubani.htm)
mirror site:
Mamuka Tsurtsumia, The Evolution of Splint Armour in Georgia and Byzantium, Lamellar and Scale in the 10th-12th Centuries (http://warfare1.000webhostapp.com/11/Tsurtsumia-Evolution_of_Splint_Armour_in_Georgia.htm)
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Georgian Illustrations of Costume & Soldiers (http://warfare.tk/Georgia.htm)
An extract from: Mamuka Tsurtsumia, The Evolution of Splint Armour in Georgia and Byzantium, Lamellar and Scale in the 10th-12th Centuries (http://warfare.tk/11/Tsurtsumia-Evolution_of_Splint_Armour_in_Georgia.htm)
With illustrations of icons, frescos, etc. of Georgian military saints in lamellar armour:
Shadows under the plates on the skirt of the Georgian warrior Saint in Timotesubani are expressed as a brown line by the artist, but on the lamellar cuirass both the bands and shadows can be seen (http://warfare.tk/11/Georgia-1-Warrior_Saint_in_Timotesubani.htm)
Georgian Saint from Timotesubani clad in traditional lamellar cuirass (http://warfare.tk/11/Georgia-4-Saint_in_Timotesubani.htm)
St George of Chukuli in lamellar armour backed with leather, 10th century (http://warfare.tk/11/Georgia-5-St_George_of_Chukuli.htm)
St George of Chikhareshi in lamellar armour with two rivets, 10th century (http://warfare.tk/11/Georgia-6-St_George_of_Chikhareshi.htm)
St George of Nakuraleshi in lamellar armour with two rivets (http://warfare.tk/11/Georgia-7-St_George_of_Nakuraleshi.htm)
St Procopius in lamellar with two rivets. Manuscript A648, p 60r, National Centre of Manuscripts of Georgia, 1030AD (http://warfare.tk/11/Georgia-8-St_Procopius_MSA648-60r.htm)
St George clad in linear lamellar with double riveting on the Mravaldzali icon, latter half of the 10th century (http://warfare.tk/11/Georgia-10-St_George_Mravaldzali_Icon.htm)
St George of Parakheti in linear lamellar armour with double riveting, end of the 10th century (http://warfare.tk/11/Georgia-11-St_George_of_Parakheti.htm)
St George of Nakipari clad in ‘inverted’ lamellar armour with double riveting, early 11th century (http://warfare.tk/11/Georgia-12-St_George_of_Nakipari.htm)
St George of Ipari in banded lamellar armour without riveting, 1st quarter of the 11th century (http://warfare.tk/11/Georgia-13-St_George_of_Ipari.htm)
St George of Labechina in banded lamellar armour with two rivets, second decade of the 11th century (http://warfare.tk/11/Georgia-14-St_George_of_Labechina.htm)
St George of Supi in banded ‘inverted’ lamellar armour with riveting, 11th century (http://warfare.tk/11/Georgia-15-St_George_of_Supi.htm)
St George of Supi, in typical banded lamellar armour with riveting (http://warfare.tk/11/Georgia-16-St_George_of_Supi.htm)
Georgian warrior Saint (St Theodore?) of Adishi in typical banded lamellar with riveting, 11th–12th century (http://warfare.tk/11/Georgia-17-Saint_of_Adishi.htm)
Fresco of St Theodore of Lagurka, in lamellar armour with riveting between the plates, turn of the 11th-12th centuries (http://warfare.tk/11/Georgia-18-St_Theodore_of_Lagurka.htm)
St Panteleimon on the processional cross of Pari, with banded lamellar with riveting between the plates of the lamellar cuirass, 12th-century (http://warfare.tk/11/Georgia-19-St_Panteleimon_of_Pari.htm)
St George in the lamellar with rectangular plates, on the façade of the Adishi church, 11th–12th century (http://warfare.tk/11/Georgia-21-Saint_George_of_Adishi.htm)
St George of Jakhunderi in lamellar armour with concealed thongs, 11th century (http://warfare.tk/11/Georgia-23-St_George_of_Jakhunderi.htm)
St George of Khidistavi in lamellar armour with protuberances, first third of the 11th century (http://warfare.tk/11/Georgia-24-St_George_of_Khidistavi.htm)
Georgian warrior Saint of Pavnisi in lamellar armour with protuberances (http://warfare.tk/11/Georgia-25-Saint_of_Pavnisi.htm)
Georgian warrior Saint of Timotesubani in lamellar armour with the protuberances oriented downward, turn of the 12th-13th centuries (http://warfare.tk/11/Georgia-26-Saint_of_Timotesubani.htm)
mirror site:
Mamuka Tsurtsumia, The Evolution of Splint Armour in Georgia and Byzantium, Lamellar and Scale in the 10th-12th Centuries (http://warfare1.000webhostapp.com/11/Tsurtsumia-Evolution_of_Splint_Armour_in_Georgia.htm)
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Georgian Illustrations of Costume & Soldiers (http://warfare.tk/Georgia.htm)