Shirt of Mail and Plate

Titre: En Shirt of Mail and Plate; Fr Chemise de mailles et de plaques; Fa Zereh
Type: Arms & Armour
Créateur/ Créatrice: Unknown
Identifiant: 04.3.456b
Format: Steel, iron, copper alloy, gold, silver, leather
Dimension: H. 99.7 cm; W. at shoulders 48.26 cm; L. of metal plate at waist 21.6 cm
Lieu de découverte: Iran or Turkey (Eastern Anatolia / Persia / Caucasus)
Résumé: En Acording to a Venetian ambassador writing in about 1478, the Ak-Koyunlu (White Sheep Turkoman) wore armor of "iron in little squares and wrought with gold and silver tacked together with small mail." Armor of this type seems to have been used throughout eastern Anatolia, Persia, and the Caucasus. This example is inscribed with generalized phrases extolling the power and glory of the ruler ("Glory to our lord . . . the sultan . . . the king") similar to those found on the Ak-Koyunlu turban helmets also in the Museum's collection (04.3.209, .214, .432). Designed for use in battle, the armor is more elaborately decorated than most and was probably also used for ceremonial purposes.
Date: 15th–16th century
Source: Rogers Fund, 1904
Edition: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (Arms and Armor)
Référence: The Met
Langue: Ar
Droits: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Licence: Public Domain (CC0 1.0 Universal)