[Kevin P Molloy]

Does anyone have pictures of 14th century moorish or saracen helmets? Particularly those that would be considered iron round types. Thanks.

[B. Fulton]

I have some from Leeds Armoury, see my offtopic post on the massive museum pic request thread. They range from 13-17th century (basically the same styles) and vary from the jockey helmet, turban and a few other styles, often with a mail coif. I'll post them when I can, currently still traveling till the 11th or so. PM me and I'll let you know when they can get posted.

[Hisham Gaballa]

I'm guessing by Moorish you mean North African and 'Saracen' you mean Middle-Eastern?

Arms and armour from those areas tend to be rather different because of the their distance apart. AFAIK hardly any North African weapons and armour survive. There is a fair bit of Turkish, Mamluk (Syria-Egypt) and Iranian arms and armour around, but nearly all of it dates from the 15th century onwards.

I took a few pictures at the Royal Armouries a few years ago and have posted the pics on the albums and threads on other forums.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y110/Nephtys...man_01.jpg
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y110/Nephtys...t05037.jpg
http://www.myArmoury.com/albums/displayimage.php?pos=-12394
http://www.myArmoury.com/albums/displayimage.php?pos=-12389
http://www.myArmoury.com/albums/displayimage.php?pos=-12383
http://www.myArmoury.com/albums/displayimage.php?pos=-12377
http://www.myArmoury.com/albums/displayimage.php?pos=-12330
http://www.myArmoury.com/albums/displayimage.php?pos=-12332
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y110/Nephtys...006121.jpg
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y110/Nephtys...006126.jpg

I'm also looking forwards to B. Fulton's pictures of Turkish armour from the Musee de l'Armee in Paris.