the lines of the edge of the bascinet, but cease over the forehead, were for fixing the camail, as previously described. The back rim of this helmet, which is said to have been found in an old castle at Naples, is cut away slightly to allow the head to be thrown back with greater ease. Between the staples and the edge of the bascinet are small holes counter-sunk on the outside, by which the lining of the helmet was sewn in. These holes follow exactly the line of the edge, and are continued over the forehead. There are two rivets over the centre of the opening for the face. It is difficult now to determine what their use may have been; but it is not improbable that they were employed for fixing such a movable nasal-guard, as is seen on the monuments to Albrecht von Hohenlohe (d. 1319) (Fig. 262), to Günther von Schwartzburg (d. 1349) (Fig. 263), and to Ulrich Landschaden (d. 1369) (Fig. 264). A fine example of such a nasal-guard, found on a statue at Freiburg, is given by M. Viollet-le-Duc (vol. v, p. 189). He says that the statue comes from the tomb of Berchtoldus at Freiburg (Fig. 265), and attributes it to the end of the XIIIth century; but it is certainly of later date.
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Fig. 260. Bascinet helmet
About 1325. H 26, Musée d'Artillerie, Paris
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Fig. 261. Bascinet helmet
About 1330-50. Ex Burgess Collection, now in the British Museum, said to have come from Naples
All the monumental evidences showing this curious arrangement of the lifting nasal-guard which we have given so far, have been of German origin, though Germany was not solely responsible for the fashion. In Italy can be found the equivalent, as seen, for instance, in a sculpture on one of the capitals on the colonnade of the Doges' Palace, Venice, a sculpture attributed
