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Reece Nelson
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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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Bill Grandy
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| Posted: Tue 21 Jul, 2009 8:24 pm Post subject: Re: milanese Bevor? |
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| Reece Nelson wrote: | 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? |
It doesn't look like anything I've seen historically.
FYI, Knight's Tale is pretty atrocious in terms of historical accuracy for armour.  I saw it once many years ago, so I can't remember specific examples, but I do recall a whole lot of mix and match of various pieces from completely different time periods and cultures.
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Maurizio D'Angelo
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| Posted: Tue 21 Jul, 2009 8:49 pm Post subject: Re: milanese Bevor? |
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| Reece Nelson wrote: | 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? |
Only if I have translated well, the word, "bevor":
armature Lombarda-1460 by "armor of Lombard 400" Lionello Boccia, pp. 126
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Hisham Gaballa
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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.
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Josh Warren
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Chuck Russell
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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
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Lafayette C Curtis
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| Hisham Gaballa wrote: | | It contains a bizarre mishmash of weapons and armour from the 15th, 16th and even 17th centuries. |
Heh. The costume mishmash goes even further--notice some distinctly 20th-century features in the main characters' clothes, and compare to the Anglo-Saxon outfits (down to the accurate cut of tunic and winingas!) worn by some of the arena spectators.
I only wish they had taken the anachronism a bit further so that it'd look even more deliberate (and less like research mistakes).
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