Enclosed helmet (AB)

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Enclosed helmet

This helmet type is depicted in several manuscripts from the early 1200's until ca. 1240. The enclosed helmet was carried over a hood of padding, as well as a chainmail coif and often with a smaller skullcap inside. It probably developed from a flat-topped variant of the nasal helmet as the need for greater face protection is increased with the cavalry spears' transition to being a weapon of thrusting.

Sources

Enclosed helmet 01 (B)

Source type (B):
Seal.
Name:
Back of seal of Richard I. of England (Lion heart).
Author:
-
Current location:
The British Museum, London, U.K. (2000,0103.6).
Place of origin:
France/England.
Dating:
1198.
Note:
Earliest known enclosed helmet.
19th century imprint of seal from 1198.

Enclosed helmet 02 (B)

Source type (B):
Mural.
Name:
Ywein murals.
Author:
-
Current location:
Castello di Rodengo, Rodengo BZ, Italy.
Place of origin:
Schloss Rodenegg, South Tyrol.
Dating:
Early 1200s.
Note:
In the Middle Ages a German castle called "Schloss Rodenegg".

Enclosed helmet 03 (B)

Source type (B):
Manuscript.
Name:
Theological miscellany.
Author:
Produced by the Dominican Order.
Current location:
The British Library, London, U.K. (Harley 3244 - f.28r).
Current location:
U.K..
Dating:
After 1236, before 1250.

More sources

Enclosed helmet 04 (B)

Source type (B):
Manuscript.
Name:
Bible.
Author:
-
Current location:
Cambridge, Harvard University, Houghton Library, Boston, USA. (MS Richardson 001, f. 98v).
Current location:
England.
Dating:
1200s (1200-1225?).

Enclosed helmet 04 (B)

Source type (B):
Mural.
Name:
-
Author:
-
Current location:
All Saints Church, Claverley, Wolverhampton, England.
Current location:
All Saints Church, Claverley, Wolverhampton, England.
Dating:
Early 1200s.

Cross -Reference

Sword XI - disc-shaped pommel 03 (B)

Source type (B):
Manuscript.
Name:
Manuscript without title.
Author:
Heinrich von Veldeke.
Current location:
Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, Germany (ms. germ. fol. 282 - f.53r).
Place of origin:
Bayern, Germany.
Dating:
1220-1230.

Knee Protection (Poleyns) 02 (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.19r.)
Place of origin:
France.
Dating:
Ca. 1220-1240.

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