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> The intact gauntlet is a four-fold finger glove worn on the right hand, which has individual iron plates stacked like scales and linked together through side
by yyyfb 3y ago
> The intact gauntlet is a four-fold finger glove worn on the right hand, which has individual iron plates stacked like scales and linked together through side rivets.
How did this not rust over so many centuries?!
- hutzlibu 3y agoIt did rust. But apparently it was preserved under good conditions (without much oxygen) so it is still in quite good condition.
- dekhn 3y agoI have not been able to find the original publication with details on the preservation. My guess is that it would have been somehow stored in a place that was completely lacking moisture and oxygen, like maybe a tightly sealed box buried deep in teh ground?