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Nick Esposito
Location: Northern Virgina, US Joined: 11 Dec 2010
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 Posted: Mon 13 Dec, 2010 6:27 pm Post subject: earliest known date of the Houndskull Basinet? |
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I'm just curious what is the earliest date that "Houndskull" side-mounted, visored bascinets can be traced to.
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Craig Johnson
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| Posted: Mon 13 Dec, 2010 7:29 pm Post subject: Hmmm |
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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
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Scott Hrouda
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| Posted: Mon 13 Dec, 2010 9:25 pm Post subject: |
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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
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This is a standard topic