Armour made of overlapping scales, without a solid backing
Lamellar armour is a type of body armour, made from small rectangular plates (scales or lamellae) of iron or steel, leather (rawhide), 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. The earliest evidence for lamellar armour comes from sculpted artwork of the Neo-Assyrian Empire (911–609 BCE) in the Near East.
Lamellar armour should not be confused with laminar armour, a related form of plate armour which is made from horizontal overlapping rows or bands of solid armour plates (called lames) rather than scales. By comparison, lamellar armour is made from individual armour scales, which are laced together to form a strip of armour which appears to be solid but is not.
Lamellararmour is a type of body armour, made from small rectangular plates (scales or lamellae) of iron or steel, leather (rawhide), bone, or bronze...
Chinese armour was predominantly lamellar from the Warring States period (481 BC–221 BC) onward, prior to which animal parts such as rhinoceros hide,...
lames, as opposed to lamellararmour, which is made from individual armour scales laced together to form a solid-looking strip of armour. Prominent examples...
and lamellararmour as a symbol of their status. Ōyamazumi Shrine is known as a treasure house of Japanese armour. It houses 40% of Japanese armour that...
constructed in a different manner have their own separate names, such as lamellararmour where the individual scales are perforated on several or all edges...
many types of armour were commonly used at different times by various cultures, including scale armour, lamellararmour, laminar armour, plated mail,...
armour was scale and lamellar made of hardened leather and iron, laced together onto a fabric backing, sometimes silk. Mail armour was also sometimes used...
half of 15th century show different combinations of mail and plate armour with lamellar armor and brigandines sometimes worn with a single round mirror plate...
the 'Chalgap' lamellararmour similar to the ones used by the equestrian steppe nomads and Sinitic empires to the west and plate armour, found in the...
in war, the use of Lamellararmour (ō-yoroi and dō-maru), previously used as samurai armour, gradually decreased. Japanese armour makers started to make...
to be armour which is likely not chain mail. The armour in question may have been the lamellararmour mentioned above, or may not have been armour at all...
the Middle East. Horse armour also continued to be utilized, albeit rarely, until the early 20th century. The lamellararmour, byang bu'i khrab, continued...
Italy. Lamellenhelme are characterized by overlapping plates—a form of lamellararmour—with caps of conical shape and plumes at the top. They also tend to...
wide, 0.3 cm thick) Bronze lamellararmour, Warring States period Lamellararmour and helmet, Qin dynasty Qin stone armour The Qin calculated fines in...
in the same way as did they themselves, covering them with lamellararmour. Horse armour was divided into five parts and designed to protect every part...
armour. Less common is lamellararmour, which consists of small metal scales fastened together to provide flexible protection. A full set of lamellar...
replaced by a lamellar protection system. It was lamellararmour, consisting of plates connected by belts. There was also Scale armour, in which the plates...
the Chinese wore armour and used shields that were at least partially bulletproof. Frederick Coyett later described Ming lamellararmour as providing complete...
kumihimo was by samurai, as a functional and decorative way to lace their lamellararmour and their horses' armor (barding). Kumihimo cords are now used as ties...
plaque armour Tang soldier in cord and plaque armour Tang soldier wearing a tiger cap Tang soldier in a mural Tang soldier in lamellararmour A Tang general...
protection from stabbing and thrusting blows. Scale armour (12th century) A type of Lamellararmour, was made up entirely of small, overlapping plates...
protection. A similar type of armour, in which the scales are laced to each other and need no backing at all, is known as lamellararmour, while to confuse the...
A brigandine is a form of body armour from the late Middle Ages and up to the early Modern Era. It is a garment typically made of heavy cloth, canvas,...