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[edit] Linum Oleum
Mention of linum oleum content and effects, washing etc could be added. Linen is claimed to help people suffering from dry skin as well as being less attractive to various micro-organisms.
[edit] Hoplite cuirass
"Contrary to popular belief, linen was probably never used as material for the Hoplite cuirass because of its price. Hoplite cuirass was made of leather"
This is contrary to information on the de Wikipedia and major belief. I have not yet seen any reference/document sustaining any of these two positions. Cost is a good argument against linen, but bronze was also more expensive than leather. -- Zwiebeltuete 84.148.73.66 13:57, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
Also, leather would be expensive too since before industrialization people didn't eat beef in the enormous quantities they do today. Unless the statement is sourced soon I'd suggest deleting it. --63.167.237.65 15:20, 26 September 2006 (UTC) Oops, the above was me. --Wilhelm Ritter 15:23, 26 September 2006 (UTC)
This has been added in the revision as of 13:46, 18 September 2005 by 212.182.194.29. So there is probably not much change to get more information -- Zwiebeltuete 84.148.69.42 12:47, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Changes made
We made several changes to this article according to things we learned in our textile class, from textbooks and research. We feel that we added some important information while deleting several items that were repetitive. We could not varify some of the things mentioned in the article, so it would be good if more references would be added. 6-17-06
[edit] Revision
We made a change to the revision on "Producers of Linen" to accuratly reflect our referenced source. Saying that Beligum and Ireland produce the "best" linen may be right, but it is somewhat subjective and not what is stated in the reference.
Removing the 123linen link since it is a non-informational link to a store that cares very little about the linen material.
[edit] Artistic use
added that linen is used as underground for paintings. Many famous painters used (and still use) linen (e.g. Van Gogh, Rembrandt, Picasso, etc etc) Arnoutf 21:52, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] References
I removed a spam reference, and I also changed the format of the references to use cite.php. However, I'm afraid that where reference 3 was in the text another reference might have to be inserted, as the spammers used that as an anchor. If someone knowledgeable can take a look at it, that'd be great. -- dockingmantalk 20:26, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
