a while back i posted about the italian practice of going without a breast plate but still wearing the rest of the harness. this was done because of the hotter climate of the mediterranean and was also followed in Rhodes aswell. it was a single reference supported by only two paintings in the book that i was reading.

Bob R, mentioned that at times during the march there was evidence that the germans would remove their breast plate but put them back on for battle. i believe that is close to what you said Bob, please correct me.

i really haven't found much else on the subject ecept for this painting by Ucelo, Niccolò da Tolentino Leads the Florentine Troops, from Three Incidents from the Battle of San Romano c.1450's. in it, Niccolò da Tolentino is not wering a breast plate. i never noticed until i looked at a very good reproduction in a Florentine history book. it appears as a muttled grey mass online, but in the picture from the book one can clearly see the links.

has anyone else come across anything like this?

Niccolò da Tolentino Leads the Florentine Troops

have fun,

daniel

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