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Nasal helmet (AB)

Information

Nasal helmet

Helmet with fixed nose protector. The nasal helmet was the dominant form of head protection from the 800's until the end of the 1100's.
There are examples that the helmets' clock is made up of several segments with rivets, however, with the development of metalwork, more generally they were made of one piece.
The nasal helmet is worn over a padded hood, as well as a chainmail coif. The nose protector protects against direct and lateral strokes against the face.

Sources

Nasal helmet 01 (A)

Source type (A):
Archaeological object.
Current location:
Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Hofjagd- und Rüstkammer, Vienna, Austria (A 41).
Place of origin:
Olmütz, Mähren, Slovakiet.
Dating:
1000s.

Nasal helmet 02 (B)

Source type (B):
Embroidered tapestry.
Navn:
Bayeux tapestry.
Author:
Possibly made by order of Bishop Odo of Bayeux.
Current location:
Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Bayeux, Bayeux, Frankrig.
Place of origin:
Possibly made in England.
Dating:
After 1070.
Note:
Composite helmet. Battle of Hastings in 1066.

Nasal helmet 03 (B)

Source type (B):
Manuscript.
Name:
Liber ad honorem Augusti Liber ad honorem Augusti sive de rebus Siculis.
Author:
Petrus de Ebulo.
Current location:
Bern, Burgerbibliothek, (Cod. 120.II - f.137r).
Place of origin:
Southern Italy.
Dating:
1195-1197.

Cross -Reference

Leaf-shaped Infantry Spear 03 (B)

Source type (B):
Manuscript.
Name:
Worms Bible (The Book of Job).
Author:
-
Current location:
British Library, London, U.K. (Harley MS 2803 - f.126v).
Place of origin:
Worms, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany.
Datering:
Ca. 1148.
Note:
Illustration of David against Goliath.

Almond-shaped shield 03 (B)

Source type (B):
Mural
Navn:
Mural in the chapel Cressac-Saint-Genis.
Author:
-
Current location:
Cressac-Saint-Genis, Blanzac-Porcheresse, France.
Place of origin:
Commanderie des templiers de Cressac, France.
Dating:
In the middle of the 12th century.
Note:
Cressac-Saint-Genis was a Templar chapel.

Sword XI - disc-shaped pommel 02 (B)

Source type (B):
Manuscript.
Name:
Glossa ordinaria in lamentationes Ieremie Prophete.
Author:
Heinrich von Veldeke.
Current location:
Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin (ms. germ. fol. 282 - f.53r).
Place of origin:
Austria.
Dating:
1150-1200.
Note:
King Nebuchadnezzar ordered the execution of the sons of King Zedekiah of Judah.

Chainmail coif 03 (B)

Source type (B):
Manuscript.
Name:
Cotton MS Caligula A VII/1
Author:
-
Current location:
Brithish Library, London, U.K. (Cotton MS Caligula A VII/1 - f.7r).
Place of origin:
-
Dating:
1175-1200.
Note:
Scene from the Childhood of Christ - the massacres of the innocent.

Mural 01 (A)

Source type (A):
Mural.
Name:
-
Author:
-
Current location:
Lyngby Kirke, Brabrand, Denmark.
Place of origin:
Lyngby Kirke, Brabrand, Denmark.
Dating:
1175 - 1200.

Cavalry Spear 04 (B)

Source type (B):
Manuscript.
Name:
Biblia Ilustrada de La Haya
Author:
-
Current location:
Koninklijke Bibliotheek, The Hague, The Netherlands (The Hague, KB, 76 F 5 - fol. 1r sc. 2).
Place of origin:
Abbaye Saint-Bertin, Saint-Omer, France.
Dating:
1190-1200.
Note:
St. George.

Sword Xa - stud-shaped pommel 05 (B)

Source type (B):
Manuscript.
Name:
Morgan Billed-Bibel (Maciejowski Biblen).
Author:
-
Current location:
The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, US. (MS M.638 - f.33r)
Place of origin:
France.
Dating:
1240s.

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