10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CUIR-BOUILLI»
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cuir-bouilli in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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1
The Armourer and His Craft
Towards the end of the twelfth century we find the material known as " cuir-bouilli"
or " cuerbully " mentioned as being used for the armour of man and horse. The
hide of the animal was cut thick, boiled in oil or in water, and, when soft, moulded
...
Charles John Ffoulkes, 2008
2
Conservation of Leather and Related Materials
10.1 The cuir bouilli technique Cuir bouilli is a Norman French term that
translates into 'boiled leather'. It describes the process used to change flexible
leather into rigid, moulded and often intricately shaped objects like firemen's
helmets, ...
Marion Kite, Roy Thomson, 2006
3
The Grove Encyclopedia of Materials and Techniques in Art
The effect is similar to damask, and it is likely that the 'leather damask' referred to
in inventories is in fact scorched leather. (iii) Moulding. Leather has a unique
fibrous structure that allows it to be moulded. In the process known as 'cuir-bouilli'
, ...
4
Inventory of the Objects in the Art Division of the Museum ...
Case for a set of knives, covered with leather (cuir bouilli), cylindrical, embossed
with arabesques, animals, &c. Italian. About 1520. H. 13| in, diam of base, 4 in.
Bought, 5?. 10s. 7757.~'63. Case for a set of knives, covered with leather (cuir ...
South Kensington Museum Art Division, 1868
5
Boyer's Royal Dictionary Abridged: In Two Parts ... ...
'.uillerce, s.f.s¡x>onful. 'uillurun, s. m. bowl of л spoon. 'а\т, J. m. leather, tkin, hide.
Cuir bouilli, that sort of leathtr ieith ahich buckets, bettlet, Л>. arc made. 'Visage
de cuir bouilli, a mainicot face. P. Faire du cuir d'autmi large courroie, to be free ...
Abel Boyer, William Gardiner, 1814
As a material for armour, cuir-bouilli, a treated, hardened form of leather that was
soft and pliable before drying, was well suited to forming into shaped pieces of
armour, such as those for the limbs. These shaped pieces were often reinforced ...
7
Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Review
are still hanging the brass gauntlets of that hero. They are engraved in Stothard's
Monuments. Leather armour is not unfrequently mentioned in writings of the
fourteenth century : it is sometimes distinguished as of cuir-bouilli, sometimes ...
8
The Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Review
are still hanging the brass gauntlets of that hero. They are engraved in Stothard's
Monuments. Leather armour is not unfrequently mentioned in writings of the
fourteenth century : it is sometimes distinguished as of cuir-bouilli, sometimes ...
9
The Gentleman's Magazine
are still hanging the brass gauntlets of that hero. They are engraved in Stothard's
Monuments. Leather armour is not unfrequently mentioned in -writings of the
fourteenth century : it is sometimes distinguished as of cuir-bouilli, sometimes ...
10
Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer
49, it is said of the men of Carajan, that they wear armour of boiled leather (
French text, armes cuirach de cuir bouilli). Froissart (v. iv. cap. 19) says the
Saracens covered their targes with ' cuir bouilli de Cappadoce, ou nul fer ne peut
prendre ...
Geoffrey Chaucer, Walter W. Skeat, 2008
NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CUIR-BOUILLI»
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'Bouquet': Old-Fashioned Romance In Modern Times
... an umbrella with a knob sculpted in the shape of a duck's beak emerged from her handbag of cuir-bouilli; a mother of pearl barrette held her ... «NPR, Sep 10»
