| myArmoury.com is now completely member-supported. Please contribute to our efforts with a donation. Your donations will go towards updating our site, modernizing it, and keeping it viable long-term.
Last 10 Donors: Anonymous, Daniel Sullivan, Chad Arnow, Jonathan Dean, M. Oroszlany, Sam Arwas, Barry C. Hutchins, Dan Kary, Oskar Gessler, Dave Tonge (View All Donors) |
| Author |
Message |
Nick Esposito
Location: Northern Virgina, US Joined: 11 Dec 2010
Posts: 19
|
 Posted: Mon 13 Dec, 2010 6:27 pm Post subject: earliest known date of the Houndskull Basinet? |
 |
|
|
I'm just curious what is the earliest date that "Houndskull" side-mounted, visored bascinets can be traced to.
|
|
  |
 |
Craig Johnson
Industry Professional
|
| Posted: Mon 13 Dec, 2010 7:29 pm Post subject: Hmmm |
|
|
Well I think it is clearly illustrated in the Grandes Chroniques de France, which they usually date in the last bit of the 14th C. I believe.
There may well be posts of this in other threads. Try a search.
Best
Craig
|
|
  |
|
Scott Hrouda
|
| Posted: Mon 13 Dec, 2010 9:25 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Good evening Nick,
There is an excellent spotlight article in the Features section titled 14th Century Bascinets. This is a great starting point for a journey through the coolest (in my opinion) century out there. As mentioned in the article, 1330 is a safe date for a bascinet with a basic visor. The side-pivot houndskull bascinet would be more mid-to-late century. I am comfortable dating my kit to 1360, although I would really like to see earlier documentable evidence of side-pivot houndskull visored bascinets. Please let us know if you come across any interesting information.
Cheers
...and that, my liege, is how we know the Earth to be banana shaped. - Sir Bedevere
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum
You cannot attach files in this forum
You can download files in this forum
|
All contents © Copyright 2003-2024 myArmoury.com — All rights reserved
Discussion forums powered by phpBB © The phpBB Group
Switch to the Basic Low-bandwidth Version of the forum
|
This is a standard topic