CHAPTER IV
CONTINUED GENERAL HISTORY OF ARMOUR AND ARMS, A.D. 1200-1390
Between the end of the XIIth and the commencement of the
XIIIth century, the skull-piece of the helmet has become hemispherical,
instead of conical. There is in the Musée d'Artillerie
a helmet of this type, No. H 3 (Fig. 129). It is of iron, reinforced
with bands of the same metal. It has a movable neck
defence and cheek-plates, but attached nasal-guard. This helmet was found in
the river Somme near Abbeville, and presented to the Musée d'Artillerie by
M. Boucher de Perthes. A helmet not quite so complete, but of almost
identical form, is in the Imperial Armoury of Vienna, though there recorded,
we feel in error, as belonging to the VIIth century (Fig. 130). Richard I,
on his great seal, is represented with a head-piece of a shape similar to
these (Fig. 131).
An image should appear at this position in the text. To use the entire page scan as a placeholder, edit this page and replace "{{missing image}}" with "{{raw image|A record of European armour and arms through seven centuries (Volume 1).djvu/182}}". Otherwise, if you are able to provide the image then please do so. For guidance, see Wikisource:Image guidelines and Help:Adding images. |  |
Fig. 129. Hemispherical helmet, late XIIth century
H 3, Musée d'Artillerie, Paris
Entering the XIIIth century we shall first take into consideration the
