Criniere

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A set of armor including a criniere. Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria.
A set of armor including a criniere. Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria.

A criniere (also known as manefaire or crinet) was a component of Medieval and Renaissance barding armor. The criniere was a set of segmented plates that protected the horse's neck.

In full barding this consisted of two combinations of articulated lamés that pivoted on loose rivets. One set of lames covered the mane and the other covered the neck. These connected to the peytral and the champron.[1]

Light barding used only the upper lames. Three straps held the criniet in place around the neck.[2]

The state flag of South Carolina in the United States features a stylized criniere in its upper left quadrant.

[edit] Notes

  1. ↑  Mondadore, p. 143.
  2. ↑  Ibid.

[edit] References

  • Mondadore, Arnoldo, ed. ‘’The Complete Encyclopedia of Arms & Weapons’’, (New York:Simon & Schuster, 1979).
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