greek musculata Middeleeuwse - Renaissance helmen en helmaccessoires You can fill the compartments

You can fill the compartments with parchment rolls

The back is strenghened with narrow wooden slats

but also for decoration or as a symbol

This Viking fibula is a replica of a 9th-11th century original found in Papinsaari in Finland

greek musculata Middeleeuwse - Renaissance helmen en helmaccessoires You can fill the compartmentsThe so called musculata, a cuirass shaped like a muscular torso, was worn from the 4th century BCE to the 3rd century CE, first by the Greeks and later by the Romans. From the first half of the 16th century, the subarmalis and other classical armor pieces came back into fashion. During the Renaissance, the classical world received special attention, which led to a new development in plate armor: the allantica style. This style is characteristic of the