[MR] Chainmail Cod Piece Pattern

[Scott Cozad]

Lady Yenega, here is some information for your weird facts that may win
you Jeopardy some day.  :-)

If I recall correctly there are several plates in the Paulus Kal Fechtbuch
(fight book) of 1479 showing malle "boxer briefs".  I have a color copy at
home that I can look at.  In the mean time if folks are interested in
looking the manuscript is available online in b/w at
http://mdz10.bib-bvb.de/~db/bsb00001840/images/index.html.

It would be quite useful.  As is illustrated in the Kal manuscript the men
in harness are on horseback.  A fitted or at least shaped malle "boxer
brief" or cod piece would provide several benefits.  It would be more
comfortable to wear, provide the same or similar protection as a malle
skirt and allow the rider to control the horse easier.  On foot it might
be used in conjunction with a malle skirt or longer malle shirt or perhaps
on its own.

I am not aware of any survivals of any fitted or shaped malle groin
protection.  But if anyone here is aware of some please let me know.

Pax,
Edward de Clare

--
Do you not know that I live by war, and that peace would be my undoing?
-Sir John Hawkwood.

vivianvaz at lairhaven.com wrote:
> I KNOW this is entirely decorative, but it begs the question, in my
> twisted little mind, what POSSIBLE use is a chainmail codpiece?  And can
> such usefulness outweigh the negatives?
>
>   --Lady Yenega de Santurce, who really thinks she should shut up now.
>
> "If you haven't found something strange during the day, it hasn't been
> much of a day."
> quote by - John A. Wheeler
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: [MR] Chainmail Cod Piece Pattern
> From: Steve Sheets <magesteve at mac.com>
> Date: Mon, January 14, 2008 10:52 pm
> To: atlantia at atlantia.sca.org
>
> Does anyone have a pattern for a chainmail cod piece.
>
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