A kind of brass hammered into thin sheets, formerly much used for making church utensils, as candlesticks, crosses, etc.; -- called also latten brass.
Sheet tin; iron plate, covered with tin; also, any metal in thin sheets; as, gold latten.
brass (or a yellow alloy resembling brass) that was hammered into thin sheets; formerly used for church utensils
Copper alloy of varying formulation. Modern brass and bronze would be considered latten in the Middle Ages. Latten was often used in the decoration of arms and armour.
A copper alloy, similar to brass or bronze.
Brass, Bronze or a mixture of the two; generally a copper base metal with elements of tin or zinc plus other trace elements; often used to create armor with or to decor armor
1. Any sheet metal in thin sheets. 2. Thin, hammered sheets of brass, which were formerly used to make church vessels.
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. It was commonly formed in thin sheets and used to make church utensils.