Recently I have personally asked Yun about a kind of armour which I believe it belongs to the Mongols. I am expecting a little more information as well as discussion upon this.



According to Yun, the rider wears a kind of lamellar cuirass. Yet it seems to me that this cuirass only protect the front of his body. Each of its component is fastened to his arms, his legs.





Hi Boleslaw,

That is a largely accurate depiction of horse armour used by the Jurchen (Jin) and Song armies, and later also by the Mongols. The sources for it are Song-period art and military manuals.

As for the rider's armour, that is a standard lamellar style that had remained essentially unchanged for centuries.

regards,
Yun

Sorry for my ignorance, what is a "cuirass"?

Upper body armor, a chest protector.

You should say it clearly, it is for the horse or rider?

It's a western term for the man reaches from waist to sholders (from 1460s).

As to the original question this style of armour includeds full front and back protection for the rider.

I should add that the sleeves in the drwaing are a little odd, typically this type of shoulder boards reach down to the elbow and the forearm is protected by tubular vambraces or armoured gloves.

I noticed that too. Extending the shoulder protector to cover the arms would make the arm area rather stiff and inflexible, I think.

The cuirass is now usually understood to be a piece of metal plate armour, even though its Latin root word "coriaceus" ironically means "made of leather". See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuirass which nonetheless has a photo of a reconstructed "lamellar armour cuirass".

There is Chinese armor of similar fashion, I've seen some on Thomas Chen's website

http://thomaschen.freewebspace.com/images/...wleafsabers.jpg

armor runs down the length of the arm.

http://chinese-armour.freewebspace.com/custom.html

though in that case, the arm armor is smaller, and there is another separate shoulder piece that goes over

I cannot get into the first link.

Does anyone know the name of this specific type of armour?

it is Ba***rd!

the sword: "柳叶刀"/Liuyedao/（willow-leave Sword？）, later than middle Ming dynasty. Qing dynasty, maybe.
the helmet for the rider: Mongolian-style
the arm armour for the rider : "环臂铠"/Huanbikai/, The late Ming dynasty.
the body armour for the rider: Liao(辽) dynasty ~ Southern-song dynasty(but it's no "披膊", is soldier's armour. ) or Tibetan armour, maybe.
the helmet for the horse: "面帘"/Mianlian，later than Jin(晋) Dynasty, however, must not be later than Song dynasty.
the body armour for the horse: .....deformity....