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Message: <blockquote data-quote="aramis erak" data-source="post: 6411820" data-attributes="member: 6779310">Brig's normally worn with arm armor. Sometimes it's a half-sleeve of brig and a leather affixed to the torso, sometimes  leather, metal, or plated leather (usually under the leather; you can see the rivets in pairs across the articulation points) in a "lobster tail" pauldron, sometimes it's a separate vambrace and rebrace, sometimes it's an articulated arm, and sometimes it's a heavy leather sleeve.The best sources for period illustrations of bezainted are in some obscure historical reprints. (My history texts are packed and stored.) I have yet to see a good photo online, tho' there was one in a museum. There is a replication in John Hewitt's Ancient Armor and Weapons in Europe, Vol 1, discussed on p. 255, illustrated on 257. Note: the I isn't always used. Bezanted pulls more illos than the more historic bezainted, but it's still a paucity of historical images. (There are a number of good 19th C ones of Yupic and Alutiiq bezanted armors...) Hewitts' not a great source, but it's available online.Link to Hewitt: <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=d4lCAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA255&lpg=PA255&dq=Bezanted+armor&source=bl&ots=17Xpctixck&sig=G_V1jfjQEMSbaxgSbvVLWApdC1M&hl=en&sa=X&ei=q7xEVK2lCIX1iQLZv4DwBA&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=Bezanted%20armor&f=false" target="_blank">at google</a>Keep in mind: usually, half, 3/4 or full sleeves were separate pieces, and tied or buckled on to the body armor. Leather and chain are unusual in that the sleeve is integral and 3/4 to full sleeve lengths; likewise, they're both unusual in that the body and legs are often provided protection by the body armor hanging to just above the knees.. Short sleeves and less are sometimes seen. Few would be wearing a full suit of one type; most would have metal, splint, or plate vambraces and greaves; knees and elbows might be metal even on leather sleeves and legs.</blockquote>

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