Talk:Brigandine

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[edit] Coat-of-plates

is this the same kind of armour that some people call a coat-of-plates? I have heard this term used in reinatcment groups and on there webpages. I was wondering it they were they same. If so it should be noted here.

Could be... might have to Google 'Coat-of-plates' to see if it and brigandine are the same thing. Mytwocents 19:25, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

A coat of plates is similar, and an anticedent of the brigandine. But it has far fewer plates and is articulated differently. Sethwoodworth 10:11, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Picture rights?

That looks like a White Rose Armoury Brig, do we have rights to use that picture? Where did it come from?

The picture comes from a students personal page at Columbia University http://www.columbia.edu/~ns189/armour/armoury_page.htm He describes how he made the brigadine himself. I changed the rights tag to PD-US

• Why is it in the public domain? Did he specifically say that it's in the public domain? If not, then it is copyrighted. --BRIAN0918 00:28, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Brigandine

Did the name come from the word brigand, which is another word for a bandit and outlaw? AllStarZ 17:28, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

If I recall correctly, the original brigands were spearmen and both the name for a bandit and a type of armour derive from this. I will try to find a reference. Gaius Cornelius 17:32, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

I have it. See here Gaius Cornelius 16:56, 9 August 2006 (UTC)