Those familiar with historical reenactment or have bought a european sword or even make them are propably familiar with the oakeshott typology. I was wondering if there is actually such a type of reference work for armour of the same timespan or any other good reference material?
As far as I know, there is not a widely-used typology for armor the way Oakeshott is for swords. A few people have made attempts at this, but their use is normally relegated to a small group. Matthias Goll’s thesis on armour production between 1350 and 1500 is one of the more notable ones, however, and includes a great many photos of extant pieces…some that have never been photographed previously.
https://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserver/17203/
A word of caution: mixed in with the extant pieces are several Victorian-era fakes and (bad) reproductions, and Goll does not always clearly indicate this.
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