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PostPosted: Fri 19 Sep, 2008 8:01 am    Post subject: My Favorite Sallet!         Reply with quote

I finally found good photos of this, and it will serve as the inspiration for a new project--not a reproduction, but in the same style.

Enjoy!

Royal Armouries object # IV.424

Sallet attributed to Domenico dei Barini detto Negroli. Italian, Milan, late 15th century

From the armoury of the Knights of St John on Rhodes.

Royal Armouries Image Link: http://collections.royalarmouries.org/index.p...&pg=13

The book Warrior includes a view of this sallet from the front left, but I don't have the book. I do have a book that includes line drawings of the edging design and section.



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PostPosted: Fri 19 Sep, 2008 10:09 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Notice the very light gauge of the brass edging and plume holder facing.The plume holder is a tube with a shield-shaped piece attached to it. The shield is engraved with a vase and flowers, IIRC. I'd love to get a better look at that design.
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PostPosted: Tue 30 Sep, 2008 2:52 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

I missed this when it was first posted but I'm glad I noticed it. This piece is awesome! I want one.

Thanks for sharing it Sean, a great find.
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PostPosted: Tue 30 Sep, 2008 10:38 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Any idea what caused the damage shown in this picture ?

http://collections.royalarmouries.org/image.p...=4&x=1
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PostPosted: Thu 02 Oct, 2008 7:26 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

J. D. Carter wrote:
Any idea what caused the damage shown in this picture ?

http://collections.royalarmouries.org/image.p...=4&x=1


I don't have my copy of The Medieval Armour From Rhodes at hand, but I vaguely recall reading that some of the armour was used for target practice in later centuries. I don't know if that's the source of the damage, though. The holes do appear to be punched (as by a projectile) rather than drilled.

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PostPosted: Thu 02 Oct, 2008 11:39 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

I was afraid that was the likely answer. Judging from the photo I would agree that they do indeed look to be bullet holes. I cringe when I think of some of the things my cousins & I used for target practice on our uncles farm.

Glass bottles had value as they could be turned in for cash. Old moldboard plows, discs and hay rakes had no value...then.

It will be interesting to see a modern interpretation of that piece when your project is completed .
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PostPosted: Thu 02 Oct, 2008 12:44 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

J. D. Carter wrote:
It will be interesting to see a modern interpretation of that piece when your project is completed .


I've arranged to have this deep sallet cut down to a more appropriate shape by its maker. Then I'll sell the bevor to fund the project and give me a bit extra for my vanished a&a fund. The edging will be a challenge. I've been experimenting with different techniques and gauges of brass sheet. I know what to do in theory, and I see real promise the work, but I haven't yet decided what I want to do (what motif and technique). The edging of the RA's sallet appears to be very thin (24 ga.? 26?), so the decoration may be repoussé/chasing. The motif is egg-and-dart in the upper course and a repeating floral stamp or chasing in the lower. I made a laurel leaf stamp by filing down an old screwdriver, then I used that to stamp the reverse of some thin brass sheet to make a laurel wreath pattern. It works (!) but I'm going to keep studying artwork of the period for ideas.



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PostPosted: Wed 15 Oct, 2008 11:04 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Although the plume holder of this helmet is described as an "Italian shield" I had never seen a shield of this exact shape until today. I found one in the hands of a small background figure in a Pinturicchio painting of ca. 1500. The shield is identical to the form of the plume holder.


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PostPosted: Wed 15 Oct, 2008 3:09 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Very nice is that an archers sallet I was told the open versions were for archers to give better visibility I was just wondering if it's true or not because good vision and protection offered from that model I wonder why the slit visored ones were so popular
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PostPosted: Thu 16 Oct, 2008 7:18 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Darren Tully wrote:
Very nice is that an archers sallet I was told the open versions were for archers to give better visibility I was just wondering if it's true or not because good vision and protection offered from that model I wonder why the slit visored ones were so popular


If it's true at all it wasn't universal. Contemporary artwork shows archers in both visored and visorless sallets. With the visor up, I'm not sure there would be any significant difference between the two. There are also national preferences. The Italians favored visorless sallets, which is why visored Italian sallets of the mid 15th c. are often referred to as "export sallets". There are exceptions, of course. For reference, see the artwork of Carpaccio, Giorgione, Pinturicchio, etc.

The sallet in question is a very fine one, attributed to one of the top armourers of the day. It's owner was of high status, no doubt. He could have afforded a visored sallet if he wished. Consider the image below of St. Liberalis from a Giorgione alterpiece of ca. 1500. The armour is certainly fit for a warrior saint (whose lance suggests cavalry,) yet the sallet is open-faced, with a medial ridge that runs to the edge and domed rivets across the brow. The top of the helmet isn't visible here (my scan error--I'll try again later) but it includes two additional ridges. There is no brow reinforcement or obvious provision for a visor. Whatever their practical value, visors don't seem to have connoted status or combat role.



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PostPosted: Thu 16 Oct, 2008 2:10 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Thanks for answering my question Sean that was really insightful
I wish you all the best with your progect be sure to show us the end result
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PostPosted: Wed 04 Feb, 2009 9:01 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Here's one more view of this sallet:


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PostPosted: Wed 04 Feb, 2009 9:07 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Was just following this thread and migrated to the RA collection. Have any of you noticed the photo of 111.1915; identified as a fauld? It is in the Rhodes group and is said to be Spanish. Origin may be correct....however, it is a wrapper just flip the photo. Undoubtedly someone has noticed before me (I always seem to have a firm grasp of the obvious)!

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PostPosted: Thu 05 Feb, 2009 7:08 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Daniel Sullivan wrote:
Was just following this thread and migrated to the RA collection. Have any of you noticed the photo of 111.1915; identified as a fauld? It is in the Rhodes group and is said to be Spanish. Origin may be correct....however, it is a wrapper just flip the photo. Undoubtedly someone has noticed before me (I always seem to have a firm grasp of the obvious)!

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That is very strange. I'd agree, but it's impossible to say for certain without seeing dimensions. Big size differential between neck defense and hip defense. Maybe "fauld" can sometimes be used to describe the articulated lower parts of a bevor/wrapper? Confused



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PostPosted: Thu 05 Feb, 2009 9:03 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Sean Flynt wrote:
Daniel Sullivan wrote:
Was just following this thread and migrated to the RA collection. Have any of you noticed the photo of 111.1915; identified as a fauld? It is in the Rhodes group and is said to be Spanish. Origin may be correct....however, it is a wrapper just flip the photo. Undoubtedly someone has noticed before me (I always seem to have a firm grasp of the obvious)!

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That is very strange. I'd agree, but it's impossible to say for certain without seeing dimensions. Big size differential between neck defense and hip defense. Maybe "fauld" can sometimes be used to describe the articulated lower parts of a bevor/wrapper? Confused


Looks like a Bevor to me but the pic is upsidedown I think: The lames would cover the neck.

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PostPosted: Thu 05 Feb, 2009 1:27 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

This is most likely a 1/2 wrapper for an armet, yes, up-side-down.
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