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Jonathan Blair
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 Posted: Thu 06 Jun, 2013 12:22 pm Post subject: Flat faced bascinets |
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I was picking through Best Armour's website (www.bestarmour.com) and found what could only be called flat faced bascinets. Compared to the houndskull (pig faced) bascinet with its pronounced snout visor, the visors on these flat faced bascinets are... well flat. My question is how often historically do you see these flat faced bascinets? During what time periods do they show up and what regions of Europe?
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"Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword." - The Lord Jesus Christ, from The Gospel According to Saint Matthew, chapter x, verse 34, Authorized Version of 1611
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Augusto Boer Bront
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Location: Cividale del Friuli (UD) Italy Joined: 12 Nov 2009
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Reece Nelson
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| Posted: Thu 06 Jun, 2013 2:28 pm Post subject: "flat faces bascinets" |
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Here is an original. Many people think this it's from the early 15th century and was an Italian export.
-Reece
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Here is some early 15th century artwork that depicts 2 "flat faced" visors
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Matthew P. Adams
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| Posted: Thu 06 Jun, 2013 9:14 pm Post subject: |
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That last one also shows both posta di Donna and posta Donna soprano, any more information about it?
"We do not rise to the level of our expectations. We fall to the level of our training" Archilochus, Greek Soldier, Poet, c. 650 BC
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Len Parker
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| Posted: Fri 07 Jun, 2013 7:22 am Post subject: |
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Galahad's helmet on the ground has a flattened look.
[edit] I should say somewhat flattened look.
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Bryan Heff
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| Posted: Fri 07 Jun, 2013 3:04 pm Post subject: |
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| Len Parker wrote: | Galahad's helmet on the ground has a flattened look.
[edit] I should say somewhat flattened look. |
I have a question. The soldiers in the background, the helmets (bascinets?) they are wearing...are they basically all wearing helmets that are capable of having a visor attached, but are just not wearing them at the moment? But Galahad's has the visor, same basic helmet styles but with visor completely removed, or 2 different helmet styles.
I guess I am asking in a long winded fashion, do these bascinets convert back and forth from visored versions and non?
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Augusto Boer Bront
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Location: Cividale del Friuli (UD) Italy Joined: 12 Nov 2009
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Iagoba Ferreira
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| Posted: Sat 08 Jun, 2013 2:40 am Post subject: |
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1340 mural paintings of Artajona, now in the Museo de Navarra, Pamplona. And the bascinet is not the only interesting item he wears... 
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Randall Moffett
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Randall Moffett
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Boris R.
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| Posted: Sun 09 Jun, 2013 4:44 am Post subject: |
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That not one single specimen of this kind of bascinet survives to this day just make me very sad 
Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway.
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Randall Moffett
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| Posted: Sun 09 Jun, 2013 4:52 am Post subject: |
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Boris,
Seeing how little armour predates 1450 in total I do not think we should be too surprised. It is sad though. I figure they had a ling life and were likely reused an awful lot, so who knows maybe bits of them are about.
RPM
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Boris R.
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| Posted: Sun 09 Jun, 2013 5:37 am Post subject: |
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Randall,
what do you take of the barbuta-like bascinet with visor posted earlier in this topic?
Are the hinges for visor original or are they some Victorian age addition?
As I gather, recently the visor and the helmet are not displayed together but separated.
Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway.
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Randall Moffett
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| Posted: Sun 09 Jun, 2013 1:33 pm Post subject: |
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Boris,
Most people do assume they are not supposed to be together. After having restored original armour and arms I have no doubt Victorians and their fellow Europeans of that time would do something like that. To be fair we have some shady people who'd do it today if they had the chance.
We see so little evidence for hinges on visors in art it is hard to say. All I can say is I like to be able to remove the visor for varied use and cleaning. But we know some helmets like sallets often had solid riveted visors so hard to say if they started with them or gained them later.
RPM
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This is a standard topic