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14th century aventails.. they seem to have been lined

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Sir Wolf:

http://manuscriptminiatures.com/the-book-of-the-queen-harley-4431/1429/

http://manuscriptminiatures.com/the-book-of-the-queen-harley-4431/1433/

http://manuscriptminiatures.com/the-book-of-the-queen-harley-4431/1439/

http://manuscriptminiatures.com/the-book-of-the-queen-harley-4431/1445/

Sir James A:
I've always thought they'd at least have a "collar" liner to hold the mail upright. I haven't seen a pic of the one where it has the dagged edges at the bottom ... interesting find.

Sir Edward:

I suspect mail was lined and tied a lot more often than we think.

Sir William:
It would make sense...steel against naked skin is only sexy when there's romance involved; in battle armor its like you're just asking for it.

In reading Cornwell's books, he makes a case of wearing fitted leather garments that have been greased underneath plate armor so that there's no pinching and the plates can shift about w/out chafing the skin its supposed to be protecting.  But he never really mentions anything about padded undergarments or gambesons- almost as if they didn't exist or maybe they just didn't exist for him.  He seems to have gotten most of the other stuff correct.  He also mentions leather-backed mail on more than one occasion...and that would seem to make sense to me too.  But its just historical fiction- so naturally you take it with a grain of salt but a lot of what he'd written just seemed right to me.

Sir Brian:
You know considering I will have a spiffy new surcoat, it would help keep it clean if I make some kind of liner for my aventail so it won't mess it up!  :-\


ARRRGGG! Curse you Sir Wolf for adding to my work load!  ;)

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