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Fig. 315a. Aquamanile, late XIIIth century
Collection: R. W. M. Walker, Esq.
to that of the Carrand example, except that the horizontal slit is higher, and appears to have been used as the ocularium, while the holes below were used as spiracula. The helmet is not ridged at its base or top, and is quite plain, save for a raised trefoil ornament on either side of the ocularium. The body armour is plain chain mail, covered with the long surcoat. The date is within the second half of the XIIIth century. We are able to give an illustration of another aquamanile which was, but a few years ago, in the English market, and is now in the collection of Mr. R. W. M. Walker. The helm worn in this statuette, which probably dates towards the latter part of the XIIIth century, is slightly different in construction from those we have just mentioned, and is rather smaller. All its lower front part is filled with large breathing holes (Fig. 315, a, b); while the ocularia are large and are divided by an aquiline nasal ridge running down the centre. The lower edge of the helm is cut away at the back, and in front extends over and under the chin. As in the case of nearly all
