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Austin Eden




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PostPosted: Wed 20 Sep, 2017 9:11 am    Post subject: Historical accuracy of kettle helm and bevoir         Reply with quote

I love the look of a kettle helm and never. I was just wondering if anyone knows how accurate it is? Is their any depictions of this kind of set up in manuscripts or art from around the 1400s?

Edit: So I just found this other thread that more or less asks the same thing but with an earlyer time frame so my bad. Posted it as a link so anyone else looking for this info can find it in the future as well.

https://myArmoury.com/talk/viewtopic.php?t=33698



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Bram Verbeek





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PostPosted: Wed 20 Sep, 2017 9:39 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

The kettle helm is well documented, look at the Lewiss Chessmen for the 12th century,

a variety of them in the Maciejowski bible in the 13th,

About 1300

A bit later in the 14th

The guy on the lower right in the 15th
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PostPosted: Wed 20 Sep, 2017 9:50 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Austin----Welcome to the community! Big Grin I can't honestly say I've ever seen one used with a face grill like that, but with a bevor...yes. Looking at the photo you provided,it appears to be heat-treated steel, and the grill makes it SCA-legal. I've never heard of Shamrock Armoury, but he has some pretty amazing stuff there! Wink ....McM
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Austin Eden




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PostPosted: Wed 20 Sep, 2017 11:37 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Sort should of clarified, I'm wondering if the practice of wearing a bevoir with a kettle helm was common or documented. I'm building a mid 1400s kit and I was looking for a manuscript of archeological find that was simmilar to the picture I posted. My bad lol.
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Len Parker





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PostPosted: Wed 20 Sep, 2017 2:47 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Here: http://www.tforum.info/forum//index.php?showtopic=20556
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PostPosted: Wed 20 Sep, 2017 3:11 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

The problem with using museum photos of extant examples is that museums can mix and match components into "composite" armors.
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PostPosted: Wed 20 Sep, 2017 4:22 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

There are many depictions of kettle helmets being worn with a bevor of plate or mail, especially in German manuscripts and artwork from the first half of the 15th century.

Here are just a few examples dating from c.1400-1450:

1400-1420:
http://manuscriptminiatures.com/5462/18359/
http://manuscriptminiatures.com/5462/18370/
http://manuscriptminiatures.com/4818/13513/
1435-1450:
http://manuscriptminiatures.com/5462/18370/
http://manuscriptminiatures.com/5874/23328/
http://manuscriptminiatures.com/5753/21455/

I found all of these relatively, so if you'd like to gain more insight I highly suggest you explore the following websites:
http://manuscriptminiatures.com/
http://armourinart.com/
And perhaps http://effigiesandbrasses.com/ , although I'm dubious as to how many kettle helmets you will find on effigies.
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PostPosted: Wed 20 Sep, 2017 4:27 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Mart Shearer wrote:
The problem with using museum photos of extant examples is that museums can mix and match components into "composite" armors.
Or they can just flat out get it completely wrong. Museums are only as good as the people who work for them.
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Austin Eden




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PostPosted: Wed 20 Sep, 2017 4:35 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

I actually found that site and was going through the German ones using a 1400 to 1500 time spread when you posted those. Thanks for doing that bit of research for me! Some of the ones I had found I couldn't be certain if they were coifs or not. Than you very much everyone I have been looking for a clear manuscript representation for a while now.
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PostPosted: Thu 21 Sep, 2017 8:05 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Kettle hats and bevors were quite common in Scandinavia, even with full gothic plate.
Fresco is from late 15th century.




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PostPosted: Thu 21 Sep, 2017 9:16 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Tjarand Matre wrote:
Fresco is from late 15th century.

Which church is this fresco from?
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Richard Miller




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PostPosted: Thu 21 Sep, 2017 12:55 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

I've seen some very nice helms from the 15th C. that are of similar design, Often the hem was decorated with simple brass rivets where the one you show has fleurs de lis. I'd say it's historically accurate in style.


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PostPosted: Fri 22 Sep, 2017 7:24 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Niels Just Rasmussen wrote:
Tjarand Matre wrote:
Fresco is from late 15th century.

Which church is this fresco from?


Kumla kyrka in Sweden, painted by Albertus Pictor.
http://christermalmberg.se/pictor/kyrkor/kumla.php
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PostPosted: Sat 23 Sep, 2017 3:41 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Tjarand Matre wrote:
Niels Just Rasmussen wrote:
Tjarand Matre wrote:
Fresco is from late 15th century.

Which church is this fresco from?


Kumla kyrka in Sweden, painted by Albertus Pictor.
http://christermalmberg.se/pictor/kyrkor/kumla.php


Thanks Tjarand!
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Austin Eden




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PostPosted: Sat 30 Sep, 2017 8:23 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Man all of you guys are being really helpful in my research for my kit here I have a gift for all of you.


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PostPosted: Sat 30 Sep, 2017 9:09 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

On behalf of all of us....You are most welcomed. Big Grin Be sure to send us pics of your kit when you finish it! It will surely be spectacular! Wink Big Grin ......McM
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PostPosted: Sun 01 Oct, 2017 6:33 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

I think my next helm purchase will be a kettle with the down-turned brim and eye-slits....and a bevor. That's just too damned cool to not have in my collection. Big Grin Yup....gotta have.... Wink ......McM
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Austin Eden




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PostPosted: Sun 01 Oct, 2017 9:11 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Oh I will, it will be a minute before I can ever really start. I plan on making it sca compatible so I will post before I have to had that ugly bar grill.
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