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Kristjan Runarsson





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PostPosted: Sun 05 Sep, 2021 10:58 am    Post subject: Very early Burgonets         Reply with quote

I've been doing some research on early burgonets or skull caps depending on how you look at them (and I have read the burgonet spotlight article but it starts in 1535 and I'm thinking about the period from around 1510 to 1535). I've noticed a few of these very early burgonets that either have or appear to have had nasals. I'm wondering if this is a 17th century retrofit or if they had this at the time they were made (Q1 16th century).

Also, has anybody seen this exact type of helmet depicted in early 16th century art? ... with or without nasal?

The helmet with the nasal is: W1933
The helmet without a nasal is: W3035
Both in the Germanisches National Museum.





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Kristjan Runarsson





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PostPosted: Mon 06 Sep, 2021 1:08 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Ok, so I went through a bunch of sources and found something in the „Thunsches Skizzenbuch“ that dates to 1495-1500 and 1530-1540 respectively. The painting, which is also interesting, is the Resurrection scene from the Wurzel-Jesse-Altar from Mühlbach, Siebenbürgen (1518). Still no luck with finding illustrations of actual Landsknechts wearing one of these things except for the Hirnhaube with the long lobster tail neck guard.

It's also interesting how some of the helmets from the Skitzenbuch seem to be tied off with a loop just like W3035 is rather than being fitted with a buckle.

I have no idea what these crazy forehead attachments are supposed to do but they do seem like they might attach to the kind of tab seen on W3035. It doesn't seem like too much of a leap that they would have attached a nasal to one of these things.



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Anthony Clipsom




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PostPosted: Tue 07 Sep, 2021 1:24 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

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I have no idea what these crazy forehead attachments are supposed to do but they do seem like they might attach to the kind of tab seen on W3035. It doesn't seem like too much of a leap that they would have attached a nasal to one of these things.


Observing the two examples with the three wavy bars, perhaps they are a face protection that hinges (or maybe turns), so can be worn up or down like a visor?

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Kristjan Runarsson





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PostPosted: Tue 07 Sep, 2021 1:41 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

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Observing the two examples with the three wavy bars, perhaps they are a face protection that hinges (or maybe turns), so can be worn up or down like a visor?


I thought about that for a while but these 'bird foot nasals' seem to be more of an encumbrance than anything else and the singe tab attachment seems a bit flimsy. I'm currently leaning towards these bird foot nasals being some kind of decoration. You may have a point about the turning around bit, I think the helmet on the left has the nasal on up side down.

Meanwhile I found some more artwork.



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PostPosted: Tue 07 Sep, 2021 1:55 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

And I almost forgot this classic:




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