Corsaletto a botta

ambito italiano

Anonimo

2957

Unità di misura: cm; Altezza: 45; Larghezza: 35

acciaio- incisione

ex museid

The corselet is a type of armour, notably lighter than ordinary armour and usually without shoulder straps or hips, which protected mainly the chest and belly, in use until the 17th century. Most of the pieces of armour preserved in the Musei del Mare di Genova were intended for the personal defence of soldiers embarked on the galleys of the Republic. Lightness and strength were required of them: they had to withstand the blow of an arquebus, the strike of a lance or the arrow of a crossbow. The equipment was reduced to a minimum: the breastplate and the dorsal, bound on the shoulders by leather laces and held together by a wide leather belt. To protect the head, the morion or borgognotta.