I was watching "The knights Tale" the other night and saw a knight wearing a milanese harness fitted with a bevor. From all the examples that Iv seen of milanese armour, I haven't seen a bevor as part of that style of harness.

Is there any evidence of Italian armour being fitted with a bevor?

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What a coincidence I was watching it too! :) In fact this is only the second time I've seen it. The first time time was in the cinema when it was first released.

I have to agree with Bill. Historical accuracy was not a consideration in this film. It contains a bizarre mishmash of weapons and armour from the 15th, 16th and even 17th centuries. Furthermore this mixture is so bizarre I wonder if it is actually delibarate, a bit like the filmmakers saying this is not a documentary, it's a bit of fun. Something which is reinforced by the inclusion of modern Rock and Pop music.

The 15th century "Milanese" style of armour was not a single, monolithic design aesthetic. It included many variations.

The sallet-and-bevor combination that we usually associate with German armours was sometimes seen being worn with harness of otherwise north Italian style.

There exist plenty of examples of this in contemporary artwork:

http://www.gotscha.nl/joris.jpg
A reproduction of the harness from the painting: http://www.gotscha.nl/nw.schaf13.kl.JPG

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2466/3745115717_5a35043d3e_o.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2591/3745115777_e1ce22c432_o.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2659/3745911672_95a7a4d3a0_o.jpg

see he's wearing an open faced barbuta with a bevor under it isn't he? I've seen bevors with sallets and kettle helms but not with a barbuta. kinda looks cool though