Knight Templar equipment XIIe -- myArmoury.com

Baptiste Langle · Posted: Sat 05 Dec, 2015 12:13 pm Post subject: Knight Templar equipment XIIe

Hello,

I'm searching sources (archaeological if possible) or historicals reproductions of the knight templars (or Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon)'s equipment for early XIIth century.

More precisely sword, turkish mace, and mail armor.

Thanks in advance for all piece of information you can have to share.

Mart Shearer · Posted: Sat 05 Dec, 2015 1:26 pm Post subject:

For the mail, you're probably looking at a hauberk with attached hood, and 1/2 to wrist length sleeves (without hand protection) combined with a conical helm. It would be made of demi-riveted construction (half solid rings) with round rivets.
http://manuscriptminiatures.com/3915/9922/

The "Turkish" mace would be a flanged variety, possibly a "cucumber mace", as all the earlier European examples seem to be of the faceted or knobbed variety.

I'll leave the swords to someone else.

Baptiste Langle · Posted: Sun 13 Dec, 2015 3:15 pm Post subject:

Some have picture or photography ?

Thanks in advance

Alexander Ehlers · Posted: Thu 17 Dec, 2015 2:44 pm Post subject:

Mart, I don't think an Conical Helmet would be appropriate for 12th Century armour. The Bascinet helmet, which is what I think of when I hear "Conical Helmet" was very prevalent in the 14th Century. Is their a different style of helmet I don't know about?

Mart Shearer · Posted: Thu 17 Dec, 2015 11:18 pm Post subject:

Think more like the earlier nasal helms -

Manuscript Miniatures Search: 1100-1150
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