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Kettle Hat (AB)

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Kettle Hat

The kettle hat is a wide shaded helmet which, due to its shape, is named after a kettle (a pot). This type of helmet is known from the early 13th century and is used all the way to modern times. The kettle hat is invented for infantry, but is rapidly spreading throughout Europe, where it is used by all kinds of soldiers.
The wide shade shadows against the weather and sun. With a slight bend of the neck, the shade also becomes a visor against stabs and blows from cavalry. The kettle hat is also suitable for siege war, as the shade provides good protection against arrows, stones and other things coming from above.

Sources

Kettle Hat 01 (A)

Source type (A):
Archaeological object.
Current location:
Nationalmuseet, Copenhagen Denmark.
Place of origin:
-
Dating:
1300-1400s.

Kettle Hat 02 (B)

Source type (B):
Manuscript.
Name:
Morgan Picture Bible (Maciejowski Bible).
Author:
-
Current location:
The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, US. (MS M.638 - f.27v).
Place of origin:
France.
Dating:
1240s.

Kettle Hat 03 (B)

Source type (B):
Manuscript.
Name:
Estoire del saint Graal/Joseph d'Arimathie/Merlin/Suite du Merlin.
Author:
-
Current location:
Bibliothèque municipale de Tours, Tours, France (Tours - BM - ms. 0951 - f.250).
Place of origin:
France.
Dating:
1273-1300.
Note:
History of the Holy Grail.

More sources

Kettle Hat 04 (B)

Source type (B):
Manuscript.
Name:
Apocalypse glosée.
Author:
Illuminator: Maître de Sarum.
Current location:
Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, France (BNF: Français 403 - f.1v).
Place of origin:
France.
Dating:
1240-1250.

Kettle Hat 05 (B)

Source type (B):
Manuscript.
Name:
Morgan Picture Bible (Maciejowski Bible).
Author:
-
Current location:
The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, US. (MS M.638 - f.42r).
Place of origin:
France.
Dating:
1240s.

Kettle Hat 06 (B)

Source type (B):
Manuscript.
Name:
Resurrection.
Author:
-
Current location:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA (25.204.3).
Place of origin:
Germany.
Dating:
Mid-1200s..
Note:
Single page from a manuscript.

Cross -Reference

Cutlass E1c 01 (B)

Source type (B):
Manuscript.
Name:
Album de dessins et croquis.
Author:
Villard de Honnecourt.
Current location:
Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits (Français 19093 - f.02r.)
Place of origin:
France.
Dating:
Ca. 1220-1240.

Staff Sling 02 (B)

Source type (B):
Manuscript.
Name:
Chronica Majora II
Author:
Matthew Paris
Current location:
Cambridge, Corpus Christi College (MS 016II - F59v).
Place of origin:
-
Dating:
Ca. 1256.

Triangular shield 04 (B)

Source type (B):
Mural.
Navn:
Mural (perhaps the Battle of Acre 1291).
Author:
-
Current location:
Chiesa di San Bevignate, Perugia, Italy.
Place of origin:
Chiesa di San Bevignate, Perugia, Italy.
Dating:
After 1283.
Note:
San Bevignate Church was after 1283 a Templar church.

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