Heraldry as art : an account of its development and practice, chiefly in England (1907)
Eve, George W., d. 1914 · London : B.T. Batsford ; New York : C. Scribner's sons · leaf 139
na-ment helm. At first, comparatively short and resting on the camailwhich covered the head, in time it was made longer, untilthe helm rested on the shoulders, and being buckledback and front to the body armour became, as it were,part of it, and besides being a better defence was ableto support the… … Fig. 144.—Thirteenth Century. 120 HERALDRY AS ART by means of laces, or by small bolts or other fasteningswhich passed through holes made for the purpose. Itappears improbable that crests were used to any generalextent in actual battle, and for the best of all practicalreasons, that a crest had…
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