A History of the Idea of Glued Linen Armour

[Sean Manning]

Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence, those in favour of the use of glue in the production process do so from the incomplete production process being recorded, ...

Peter Connolly explains his basis for the theory, can you show us you have read it? (But as the article and linked summary explain, he actually got it from earlier summaries of a mistranslation of a French summary of a medieval chronicle written in Greek).

The only production process for linen armour in an ancient text which I have seen is the armour which Pharaoh Amasis dedicated in a Greek sanctuary. This armour was woven from thick threads.

and pictorials showing the process done in the home, ...

Which pictures? The researchers from the Midwest could not find any pictures of ancient linen armour being made.

so not a complicated process, just as Greek plays masks, and Egyptian mummification prob used glue and linen to get the effect they were after, ...

Could you show us that you have read the article and what it says about the materials which Egyptologists say were used in those mummy masks?

Internet is full of books translating the use of glue ... for linen armour that predate the example of the translations already given

Could you give examples? The book by Larcher does not mention glue, it mentions the 'felting' process in Niketas Akominatos (who died in the 13th century CE and describes armour in the 12th century CE!) And Pierre Henri Larcher seems to have died in 1812- are there any other sciences where you would rely on a reference book published in 1812?

There has been a lot of misinformation on this subject, so its very important to go back and check what can actually be traced back to specific sources and what is just something people say. I used to believe Peter Connolly invented the "glued linen" theory, but he was actually copying reference books from the 19th century which failed to find and read their sources.