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Mail gauntlets
Integral to the mail shirt
Worn as separate gauntlets
Leather gloves and gauntlets
See Gloves & Mittens
Mail attached to leather gloves
A leather glove or mitten with a section of mail attached to give greater protection.
Discussion
There is no evidence that this was ever done. It is unlikely that warriors of the Viking age would have used this kind of protection.
Splinted forearm protection
Strips of iron attached to a leather or cloth layer worn around the forearms to cover the areas not protected by a mail shirt. Also known as ‘vambraces’.
Art
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Literature
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Archaeology
- Sweden, found in a C7th Valsgarde grave (STEPHENSON 2007, p.89).
Discussion
Also used by the Byzantine Army and probably adopted by members of the Varangian Guard. [D’AMATO 2012] [HEATH 1979]