08-21-2005, 09:35 PM
"Henequen" is another word for the Agave (or Maguey) cactus. (It may be technically a succulent). We call its fibres sisal (been there, pulled the spine off, seen the thread, and the paper and the soap, drunk the tequila, gave the palenque to my wife!) From what has been said, however, it seems clear that the armours being described by the Spaniards
are of cotton - Algodon in Castillian.
We've had discussion of how a linothorax must be of linen, to include the stem of the word, linen and then how this is not necessarily so when cuirasses aren't always made of leather, but now someone's mentioning "muslin linen" which is canvas. Linen is made from the Lin plant (flax) Lin-linen c.f. wood-wooden. I don't know whether muslin is a kind of linen or a kind of cotton, but isn't canvas, by definition, cotton?
Antonius, if you no longer work for a living, (Quote from "The Life of Brian" "You lucky, lucky, lucky, lucky, b*****d!") knocking out armours would be an honourable way to spend your retirement. Knocking out aspides would also be of great benefit to homo re-enactus.
Paul
are of cotton - Algodon in Castillian.
We've had discussion of how a linothorax must be of linen, to include the stem of the word, linen and then how this is not necessarily so when cuirasses aren't always made of leather, but now someone's mentioning "muslin linen" which is canvas. Linen is made from the Lin plant (flax) Lin-linen c.f. wood-wooden. I don't know whether muslin is a kind of linen or a kind of cotton, but isn't canvas, by definition, cotton?
Antonius, if you no longer work for a living, (Quote from "The Life of Brian" "You lucky, lucky, lucky, lucky, b*****d!") knocking out armours would be an honourable way to spend your retirement. Knocking out aspides would also be of great benefit to homo re-enactus.
Paul
