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 142
Fig. 145.—FifteenthCentury. TiltingHelm. 122 HERALDRY AS ART head armour ; and thenceforward the great helm wasreserved for the uses of the tournament. An example of helmet at Fig. 146, after Viollet-le-duc,will serve to explain its structure. The vizor, in twoparts, opens upwards on a pivot, and… … Fig. 146.—Helmet. Fifteenth Century. the example. The head was capable of movement, thelaminated plates of the gorget giving a certain amountof flexibility from side to side as well as up and down, pro-vision being also made for some amount of turning move-ment. As pieces of defensive mechanism…
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