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Earliest Modern Mention of Glued Linen Armor?
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Is anyone aware of any mentions of glued linen armor in any language before 1868? Hopefully with a reference.

Does any contemporary non-English versions of Herodotus mention glued linen armor?

Before anyone tells me it's all a fraud concocted by the late Peter Connolly, the question I am asking is not if it is real...rather when does the idea first pop up in a text in the modern era.

My own research, with Todd F., indicates that in 1868 the French historian, Joseph Paul Lacombe, claimed a version of a glued many layered (18) linen upper body armor was in use by the Greeks and Herodotus is the source.! My version of Herodotus does not mention anything about this in such detail. 

The book in question is Les armes et armures.

That's about a century before Connolly so we can stop blaming him. 

Here's the English language translation of the passage I refer to: https://books.google.com/books?id=gEwBAA...en&f=false

The English language edition was published in 1869.

Here is the passage in French: https://books.google.com/books?id=bsNJAA...20&f=false

The 1st edition was published in 1868: https://archive.org/details/lesarmesetlesar00lacogoog with at least a 3rd edition published in 1877.

Again, not asking if it's real only asking about mentions in older text books and specifically any mention of glue and multilayers. 

If I misinterpreted the French feel free to point that out as well.
Joe Balmos
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Earliest Modern Mention of Glued Linen Armor? - by Creon01 - 12-05-2017, 04:11 PM

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