I've been playing Witcher 2 and noticed the recurrence of a certain type of sallet which I had seen before in a book of the Osprey (The Swiss at War). It display the shape of an inverted "V" and has its angled front. I'm not sure if it exists, but I believe it can be an unusual version of something that was fashionable in Burgundy. What do you think?
Picture:
http://i97.servimg.com/u/f97/13/14/02/10/witche10.jpg
http://i97.servimg.com/u/f97/13/14/02/10/the_wi10.jpg
Swiss Halberdiers (sallet on the right):
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/6e/64/fe/6e64fe03e3925c39b8bd37fd40b3c261.jpg
I've never seen one exactly like that. It being in a video game, I presume there is a bit of fantasy there. The one in your last photo is probably historic. I'm more interested in the little fellow on the left with the horns! :lol: .....McM
| Mark Moore wrote: |
| I'm more interested in the little fellow on the left with the horns! :lol: .....McM |
That would be the horn blower of the Canton of Uri, whose heraldry uses canting arms with the head of the aurochs. The Osprey image is based on a miniature in the Illustrated Chronicle by Diebold Schilling of 1513.
http://www.e-codices.unifr.ch/en/kol/S0023-2/200/0/Sequence-1494
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Lucerne S23, p.200
I consider myself educated. Thanks, Matt..............McM
| Mark Moore wrote: |
| I've never seen one exactly like that. It being in a video game, I presume there is a bit of fantasy there. |
Not at all. I was digging up some armor in the internet and actually find this gothic suit of plate harness (1484) belonging to Sigismund, archduke of Austria. It was made by a famous er at Augsburg:
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Other images:
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k26/Bwaze/G...10KBF3.jpg
| Pedro Paulo Gaião wrote: | ||
Not at all. I was digging up some armor in the internet and actually find this gothic suit of plate harness (1484) belonging to Sigismund, archduke of Austria. It was made by a famous er at Augsburg: |
I think there may be a small fantastic touch in that all the historical sallets of this type I can think of have hinged visors, whereas the ones in the game appear to be solid.
Okay....Let me rephrase that: " I've never seen a -solid- one like that." :p Not to say there is/was no such thing.... :wtf: ....McM
Surely the Sigismund harness has a straight visor slot, which is appearing angled due to the direction from which the picture has been taken?
Yes, the 'Sigismund' gothic's Schaller has a level occularium.
| Mark Moore wrote: |
| Okay....Let me rephrase that: " I've never seen a -solid- one like that." :p Not to say there is/was no such thing.... :wtf: ....McM |
And indeed, I stand corrected - a brief search unearthed a number of historical solid visored sallets. This video from Matt Easton features several, for example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwX2kkeMEOk
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