Citations:almain rivet


 * 1957, Matthew Nathan, The Annals of West Coker, Cambridge University Press (ISBN 9780521057929), page 224:
 * The summary for the hundred is as follows:
 * Pikemen viij
 * Bowmen xxii
 * Billmen xij
 * Sum of the armour :
 * Corslets viij
 * Almain rivets, furnished iij
 * The value of a corslet was £1 and of an almain rivet 5s. The heavier armour of a mounted ...


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 * 1901, Collections for a History of Staffordshire, page 216:
 * "Almain rivets” were rivets with elongated holes which admitted of the plates moving one upon the other. Halliwall quotes from "Testamenta Vetusta":—"My coat of black velvet furred with martens, with six pair of Almain rivets complete with splints, sallets, etc."
 * [this may be misinterpreting Halliwall, per Ffoulkes]
 * 1919, The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs, page 30:
 * Great flexibility is lent to 16th century splints by the system of sliding rivets (or as Meyrick called them "Almain rivets") working in vertical slots cut in the undermost plate
 * 1971, Helmut Nickel, Arms and Armour Through the Ages
 * Almain rivets are sliding rivets in slots, designed to give more flexibility to the armour elements.
 * ARMET : a close-fitting helmet with visor and movable cheekpieces.
 * ARQUEBUS : a light matchlock gun
 * 2013, Helen Driggs, The Jewelry Maker's Field Guide: Tools and Essential Techniques, Penguin (ISBN 9781620334836), page 64:
 * SLIDING or ALMAIN RIVETS fit within a groove or slot and can be fixed or removable. SPLIT RIVETS, also called studs, brads, or integral rivets, have a U-shaped shaft and large head.