From: "Anthony J. Bryant" Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: Re: Armor question Date: Sat, 04 Sep 1999 13:41:34 -0600 Dominus Urien Vitalis wrote: > > The famous Lorica Segmentada can be found all over the place and is commonly Segmentata. > There are aslo two others that bear mentioning for this chain mail > discussion. > > Lorica Squagmata > Lorica Hamata Squamata - scales Hamata - Mail Plumata - scales (looks like feathers, hence "plume") like squamata more or less Musculata - muscled torso Lemallata - lamellar scale Effingham -- From: Mark Shier Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: Re: Armor question Date: Sat, 04 Sep 1999 23:09:43 GMT You might want to visit http://www.ncl.ac.uk/~nantiq/arma/ , Mike Bishop's site on Roman Armour. He is the Bishop of Bishop, M.C. and Coulston, J.C. 1989: Roman Military Equipment, and many other books and articles. mark shier Gaukler Medieval Wares http://www.medievalwares.com -- From: dukeandrew@aol.com (DukeAndrew) Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: Re: leather sources Date: 19 Sep 1999 22:50:31 GMT You can catch/kill a rhino and tan its' hide. Some folks act like they did. :-) Seriously, try one of these: http://www.clawantlerhide.com/ http://www.hideandfur.com/ http://hometown.aol.com/realeather/bizcard/webleather.htm http://www.siegelofca.com/html/home_page.html http://www.siegelofca.com/html/home_page.html http://www.weaverleather.com/ That ought to get you started. Andrew Ya gotta be smarter than a rock to pick up a rock.