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Sabaton

  • ️Sun Jan 03 2010

This article is about sabaton as a type of armour. For the band, see Sabaton (band).

Sabatons' shape evolution by Wendelin Boeheim:
а) 1290—1390. b) 1300—1490. с) 1500—1530. d) 1530—1540. е) 1540—1550. f) 1550—1560. g) 1560—1590.
from book of Wendelin Boehim Handbuch der Waffenkunde. Das Waffenwesen in seiner historischen Entwicklung vom Beginn des Mittelalters bis zum Ende des 18 Jahrhunders, Leipzig 1890

Sabatons with tapered points (called à la poulaine).

A sabaton or solleret is part of a knight's armour that covers the foot.[1] Fifteenth century sabatons typically end in a tapered point well past the actual toes of the wearer's foot. Sabatons of the first half of sixteenth century end at the tip of the toe and may be wider than the actual foot. They were the first piece of armour to be put on, and were made of riveted iron plates.

Princes and dukes were allowed to have toes of gothic sabatons 2.5 feet (0.76 m) long, lords (barons and higher) 2 feet long and gentry only 1-foot (0.30 m) long.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Sabaton". The Free Dictionary. http://www.thefreedictionary.com/sabaton. Retrieved 2010-01-03.
  2. ^ Fred & Liliane Funcken Le Constume, l'Armure et les Armes au Temps de la Chevalerie, "2: Le Siecle De La Renaissance (2)" ISBN 2-203-14319-3
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