Lentner
The Lentner or Lendner is a fitted, armored protective vest, which from the middle of the 14th century to the beginning of the 15th century gradually replaced the somewhat clumsy plate skirt and represents a forerunner of the brigantine .
description
Several overlapping iron plates are incorporated into a waisted garment that covers the trunk, mostly made of leather, with side or back closure. Their rivet heads are visible from the outside and also serve as a decorative element. The armor is not quite as massive as its predecessor, but it does provide more mobility and, last but not least, more fashionable design options. The origin of the term itself is not certain, but a derivation from leather , the main material, is suspected. Other authors derive the term from the Middle High German name of the lumbar belt ( lendenir ), to which the leg warmers made of ring mesh ( isenhosen ) were attached. It is not always possible to clearly distinguish the Lentner from the related types of construction, plate skirt and brigantine. The body-hugging shape of the lentner, however, required the use of significantly smaller armor plates than the plate skirt. Such armor should have been significantly more expensive, but made the warrior much more manoeuvrable than the clumsy older form of armor. In the German-speaking area, the chest area of a lentner was sometimes reinforced by an oval chest plate attached to the outside. Armor of this type bears the famous figure of St. George in the courtyard of the Hradschin in Prague (around 1373). Some representations on tombstones or epitaphs from the 14th century (Johann von Brandscheit, Stiftskirche Kyllburg ) can also be interpreted as Lentner .
literature
- Ulrich Lehnart: Clothing and weapons of the late Gothic. Volume 1: 1320-1370. Karfunkel-Verlag, Wald-Michelbach 2000, ISBN 3-9805642-8-2 .
- Björn Böhling: Medieval knight tournaments, representation of the development of European tournaments in the high and late Middle Ages. GRIN Verlag, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-638-68865-9 .