tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29524018.post115681785795170739..comments2024-01-22T19:10:23.007-05:00Comments on A Commonplace Book: Belts Worn with Armor by a Late 14th-early 15th c. Man-at-ArmsWill McLeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14685409952186547597noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29524018.post-83724533174356148622009-11-13T05:44:26.145-05:002009-11-13T05:44:26.145-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29524018.post-1158067147515803832006-09-12T08:19:00.000-05:002006-09-12T08:19:00.000-05:00Steve:You raise a good point (which triggered a la...Steve:<BR/><BR/>You raise a good point (which triggered a later post in this blog). However, Simon seems to have been hearty enough to have fought in the Agincourt campaign. There's no reason to think he would have trusted his life to obsolete harness, so in his particular case the brass may actually be a decent picture of his actual equipment at the time of his death.Will McLeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14685409952186547597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29524018.post-1157763338643508502006-09-08T19:55:00.000-05:002006-09-08T19:55:00.000-05:00Of course, just because you have a pic of someone ...Of course, just because you have a pic of someone in a classy armor doesn't mean that person owned it. Simon de Felbrigge in his brass showed himself in really great armor of the 1420s(?) and carrying Richard II's banner. But of course Richard died in 1399 and who's to say that old Simon at the day of his death had armor in a contemporary style.Steve Muhlbergerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18136005762428407135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29524018.post-1156962148103359692006-08-30T13:22:00.000-05:002006-08-30T13:22:00.000-05:00Wonderful!I have been pondering belts for a 14th c...Wonderful!<BR/><BR/>I have been pondering belts for a 14th century kit and this has been most helpful.<BR/><BR/>My thanks!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com