īsern-byrne

īsern-byrne, f.n: iron corslet, coat of mail. (EE-zern-BUR-neh)

Israelites & Philistines fighting on Mt Gilboa in a Book of Hours. Germany (possibly Bamberg), 1204-1219. New York, Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.739, f. 17v. [ica.themorgan.org]

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