Earliest Modern Mention of Glued Linen Armor?

[Sean Manning]

Sean, you did not mention a version ancient linen armor held together and stiffened by some sort of adhesive like product. The only reasons this book keeps my interest is the mention of glue, and the 1868 publication date.

Hi Joe,

that is because the French text does not say "glue." It says "many pleats of linen ... laid and suck together after a long soak in salt and vinegar." To me, it seems that Lacombe thought that the wine made the linen sticky, probably because he had seen that drops of wine or beer on the table leave a sticky mess. It looks like people remembered "stuck together" or "glued together" and forgot "after a soak in salt and vinegar."

This is my last post on the subject, unless someone with better French has a comment.