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GAME OF THRONES NOTES No spoilers, please, I am reading the books. Pease. The original Middle English spelling of peas, the veggie. Boiled leather. Sometimes called cuir bouilli, was a historical construction material for armour. It consists of thick leather, boiled in water. According to some sources boiled oil and wax were used as well, while others posit the use of ammonia from fermented animal urine. The boiling causes the leather to be harder but also more brittle. The boiled leather can be fashioned into lames or scales to make lamellar or scale armor. The leather remains flexible for a short time after boiling, allowing it to be molded into larger plates. If you would to learn more about armor and the war craft of the Middle Ages: metmuseum.org
Posted on: Wed, 25 Jun 2014 20:37:41 +0000

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