Thomas Bulfinch: Shields were generally made of wood, covered with leather, or some similar substance. To secure them, in some sort, from being cut through by the sword, they were surrounded with a hoop of metal.

Shields were generally made of wood, covered with leather, or some similar substance. To secure them, in some sort, from being cut through by the sword, they were surrounded with a hoop of metal.

-- Thomas Bulfinch


		Name: Thomas Bulfinch Type: Writer Nationality: American Birth: July 15, 1796 Death: May 27, 1867

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