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Cuirbouilli Figure 1: (Left) “Coat of a Thousand Nails,” reinforced with steel plates
, from Rājput, India, 18th–19th century. In the Wallace Collection, London. (
Centre) Mail shirt, from Sinigaglia, near Bologna, Italy, first half of the 14th century
.
Cuirbouilli Figure 1: (Left) “Coat of a Thousand Nails,” reinforced with steel plates
, from Rājput, India, 18th–19th century. In the Wallace Collection, London. (
Centre) Mail shirt, from Sinigaglia, near Bologna, Italy, first half of the 14th century
.
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main armour of western Europe until the 14th century, with leg harnesses of mail
appearing in the 11th century, mail hoods added during the 11th–13th century,
and long sleeves ending in mail gloves added during the later period of its use.
main armour of western Europe until the 14th century, with leg harnesses of mail
appearing in the 11th century, mail hoods added during the 11th–13th century,
and long sleeves ending in mail gloves added during the later period of its use.
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D, Codex Bezae Cantabrigiensis, is a 5th-century GrecoRoman bilingual text (
with Greek and Latin pages facing each other). D contains most of the four
Gospels and Acts and a small part of III John and is thus designated D* (e, for
evangelia, ...
D, Codex Bezae Cantabrigiensis, is a 5th-century GrecoRoman bilingual text (
with Greek and Latin pages facing each other). D contains most of the four
Gospels and Acts and a small part of III John and is thus designated D* (e, for
evangelia, ...
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| Title | The New Encyclopaedia Britannica Encyclopaedia Britannica |
| Author | Encyclopaedia Britannica Publishers, Inc. Staff |
| Contributor | Robert M. Hutchins |
| Edition | 15, illustrated |
| Publisher | Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1974 |
| ISBN | 0852292902, 9780852292907 |
| Length | 934 pages |
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