The archaeological album; or, Museum of national antiquities (1845)
Wright, Thomas, 1810-1877, Fairholt, F. W. (Frederick William), 1814-1866 · London, Chapman and Hall · leaf 69
39 MEETING AT CANTERBUHY. in former days by devout pilgrims who have stopped here on their way to the shrine of St. Thomas. Among these is the curiously ornamented case in cuir-bouiUi, repre- … Perhaps the invention was brought from the East, for Froissart, who makes frequent mention of articles made of cuir-bouilli, describes the Saracens as covering their shields with cuir-bouilli of Cappadocia, which, " if the leather were not too much heated, was proof against iron" (oil nul fer ne…
Great Britain -- Antiquities
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