arming doublet and mail pictures

[Christian Folini]

Hello,

Mathieu has sent me a few pictures to be put online.
Here they are with their respective links.

2 pics of arming doublet from "Le Jouvencel" by Jean de 
Bueil. c. 1475Tours, France:
http://folini.tikon.ch/images/linked/Jouvencel-1-1475.jpeg
http://folini.tikon.ch/images/linked/Jouvencel-2-1475.jpeg

1 pic of mail worn over shoulders looking somehow puffed:
http://folini.tikon.ch/images/linked/Heures-Etienne-Chevalier-1460.jpeg
This one is taken from 
"La Crucifixion (Santuario 14)", "Heures D'Étienne Chevalier" by
Jean Fouquet, Musée Condé C.1460.

2 pics of the Ursula shrine by Memling ca. 1480.
http://folini.tikon.ch/images/linked/ursula-shrine-1.jpeg
http://folini.tikon.ch/images/linked/ursula-shrine-2.jpeg
I do know this one is well known, but regarding the latest
submission by John, i think it is worth noting, that the
Ursula shrine is full of soldiers wearing full mail shirts
under their breast-plate, their padded jacks or even
their brigandine.
Maybe my interpretation is completely wrong, but my guess is,
that a piece of mail stretching from the neck downwards and
being visible on the upper legs would be a full mail shirt.
If that is the case, many of the soldiers are wearing such a 
shirt.

Enjoy,

Christian

-- 
Das ist ja eine Ironie dieser neuen Religion des freien Marktes, dass
wir dank des medizinischen Fortschritts älter werden, dann aber mit
fünfzig aus dem Job fliegen, weil Jüngere dran sind.
--- Studs Terkel