Latten – refers loosely to copper alloys much like brass used in the Middle Ages up through to the late 18th and early 19th Centuries, for things like decorative effect on borders, rivets or other details of metalwork (particuarly armour) and for funerary effigies. It was commonly formed in thin sheets and used to make church utensils. A hoplite wearing a helmet, a breastplate and greaves (and nothing else). ...
It also refers to a type of tin plating.
Sources
Edge and Paddock, Arms and Armour of the Medieval Knight (1996) [Saturn Books, publishers, London]
Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1998, 2nd edition)
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The term Latten refers loosely to copper alloys, much like brass, employed in the Middle Ages and through to the late 18th and early 19th Centuries, for items such as decorative effect on borders, rivets or other details of metalwork (particularly armour) and for funerary effigies.
"Latten" also refers to a type of tin plating on iron (or possibly some other base metal), which is known as white latten; and fl latten refers to laten-brass, which is brass milled into thin plates or sheets.
In general, metal in thin sheets is said to be latten such as gold latten; and lattens, plural, refers to metal sheets between 1/64" and ≤ 1/32" in thickness.
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