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Use of Leather as armor
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06-09-2013, 04:26 AM
Unfortunately nobody knows what was meant by "cordovan leather" at the time - today it refers to a fancy horse leather used for making shoes. All we know is that it was good quality leather and considered to be particularly suitable for making armour. It might be referring to the heavier pieces of leather taken from a horse's hide; it might be a special tanning process.
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Use of Leather as armor - by Vitruvius - 06-06-2013, 05:04 AM
Use of Leather as armor - by Dan Howard - 06-06-2013, 09:06 AM
Use of Leather as armor - by Vitruvius - 06-06-2013, 12:38 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by M. Demetrius - 06-06-2013, 01:39 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Dan Howard - 06-06-2013, 02:00 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Vitruvius - 06-06-2013, 10:31 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by richard robinson - 06-07-2013, 12:43 AM
Use of Leather as armor - by Vitruvius - 06-07-2013, 01:50 AM
Use of Leather as armor - by richard robinson - 06-07-2013, 05:53 AM
Use of Leather as armor - by Graham Sumner - 06-07-2013, 12:03 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Dan Howard - 06-07-2013, 01:59 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Vitruvius - 06-07-2013, 02:55 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Alexand96 - 06-07-2013, 04:20 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Sean Manning - 06-07-2013, 05:48 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by M. Demetrius - 06-07-2013, 06:09 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Robert - 06-07-2013, 06:11 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by M. Demetrius - 06-07-2013, 06:24 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Robert - 06-07-2013, 07:00 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Alexand96 - 06-07-2013, 08:37 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Dan Howard - 06-07-2013, 10:25 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by M. Demetrius - 06-08-2013, 03:15 AM
Use of Leather as armor - by Robert - 06-08-2013, 04:03 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Vitruvius - 06-08-2013, 05:35 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Sean Manning - 06-08-2013, 05:37 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Dan Howard - 06-08-2013, 10:23 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Dan Howard - 06-08-2013, 10:32 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Dan Howard - 06-08-2013, 10:43 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Tim - 06-09-2013, 12:38 AM
Use of Leather as armor - by Vitruvius - 06-09-2013, 01:24 AM
Use of Leather as armor - by Vitruvius - 06-09-2013, 01:35 AM
Use of Leather as armor - by Dan Howard - 06-09-2013, 04:26 AM
Use of Leather as armor - by Diocle - 06-09-2013, 01:11 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Dan Howard - 06-09-2013, 01:25 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Robert - 06-09-2013, 01:41 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Vitruvius - 06-09-2013, 02:48 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Sean Manning - 06-09-2013, 05:24 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Sean Manning - 06-09-2013, 05:40 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by M. Demetrius - 06-09-2013, 06:00 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Diocle - 06-09-2013, 06:10 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Sean Manning - 06-09-2013, 06:36 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Vitruvius - 06-09-2013, 06:38 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Flavivs Aetivs - 06-09-2013, 09:33 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Dan Howard - 06-09-2013, 10:04 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Dan Howard - 06-09-2013, 10:16 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Dain II. - 06-09-2013, 11:36 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Vitruvius - 06-10-2013, 12:13 AM
Use of Leather as armor - by Vitruvius - 06-10-2013, 12:29 AM
Use of Leather as armor - by M. Demetrius - 06-10-2013, 01:49 AM
Use of Leather as armor - by Dan Howard - 06-10-2013, 02:16 AM
Use of Leather as armor - by Vitruvius - 06-10-2013, 03:51 AM
Use of Leather as armor - by M. Demetrius - 06-10-2013, 04:48 AM
Use of Leather as armor - by Vitruvius - 06-10-2013, 02:05 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Virilis - 06-10-2013, 02:24 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Diocle - 06-10-2013, 03:49 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Alexand96 - 06-10-2013, 05:59 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Dan Howard - 06-10-2013, 08:43 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Dan Howard - 06-10-2013, 08:55 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Vitruvius - 06-11-2013, 12:27 AM
Use of Leather as armor - by Sean Manning - 06-11-2013, 04:19 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Dan Howard - 06-11-2013, 09:44 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Flavivs Aetivs - 06-11-2013, 09:54 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Vitruvius - 06-11-2013, 10:38 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Dan Howard - 06-11-2013, 11:19 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Vitruvius - 06-12-2013, 12:13 AM
Use of Leather as armor - by william gannon - 06-12-2013, 11:58 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Dan Howard - 06-13-2013, 08:19 AM
Use of Leather as armor - by PhilusEstilius - 06-13-2013, 10:49 AM
Use of Leather as armor - by Flavivs Aetivs - 06-13-2013, 11:10 AM
Use of Leather as armor - by caiusbeerquitius - 06-13-2013, 12:42 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by PhilusEstilius - 06-13-2013, 12:56 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Vitruvius - 06-13-2013, 02:12 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Doc - 06-13-2013, 04:23 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Sean Manning - 06-13-2013, 05:33 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Sean Manning - 06-13-2013, 05:46 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Dan Howard - 06-13-2013, 10:07 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Vitruvius - 06-14-2013, 11:48 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Vitruvius - 06-14-2013, 11:49 PM

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