Chainmail coif (AB)

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Chainmail coif

The chainmail coif protects the head, neck, and upper part of the shoulders it is often made with an advanced construction very close to the head. The chainmail coif is known from the 10th century and is used throughout most of the Middle Ages with a chainmail hauberk. The chainmail coif evolves over the years with a flap for mouth and nose, and in some periods it is mounted as part of the chainmail hauberk itself.

Sources

Chainmail coif 01 (A)

Source type (A):
Archaeological object.
Current location:
Historiska museet, Stockholm Sweden.
Place of origin:
Visby, Sweden.
Dating:
Before 1361.

Chainmail coif 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, France.
Place of origin:
Possibly made in England.
Dating:
After 1070.
Note:
Battle of Hastings in 1066.

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.

More sources

Chainmail coif 04 (B)

Source type (B):
Statue
Name:
-
Current location:
Cathédrale Saint-Pierre d'Angoulême, Angoulême, France.
Place of origin:
Cathédrale Saint-Pierre d'Angoulême, Angoulême, France.
Dating:
1110-1128.

Chainmail coif 05 (B)

Source type (B):
Manuscript.
Name:
The Life and Miracles of St. Edmund.
Author:
-
Current location:
The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, US. (MS M.736 - f.7v).
Place of origin:
England.
Dating:
Ca. 1130.
Note:
Saxons, Jutes, and Angles attack Brits on the run.

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