Posts: 301 Location: Brisbane, Australia
Fri 25 Aug, 2006 2:39 am
Helm Covers.
Apparently helm covers for the
great helm were used also although it is not suprising that none survive as even the helms thenselves are not common. I dont have a digital camera yet, so alas I can only quote from the description in one of my boks. As the book is quite common, perhaps someone else can provide us with a posted pic.
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Documentation for quilted helm covers of the early 14th Century
From the book “ Heraldry : Sources, Symbols and Meanings “,
Tiger Books, ISBN 1-85501-908-6
P.146 “During the first third of the fourteenth century, in northern Europe, a quilted hood was drawn over the helmet to keep out the cold. Some colourful examples are shown on the folding table of Lüneburg (see pages 154-155)
P.153 “ With time, heraldry extended to one of the most attractive elements of the ensemble, the helmet mantling. At first this covered only the back of the neck, but larger pieces of drapery were later a sign of noble status.
A distinction should be made between these draperies and the quilted hoods which were worn over the helmet in the first third of the fourteenth century in north and northwest Europe. The quilted pattern and seams are often shown on contemporary seals. It is understandable that they have remained almost unnoticed as there is only a single set of coloured illustrations of such hoods, in the arms on the Gothic folding table from the town hall of Lüneburg . The painted armorials show no knowledge of them. “