The Armour Archive

I've just finished a web page which I think proves conclusively that both separate and integral coifs were used at Hastings.

It's at http://www.angelfire.com/empire/egfroth/HastingsCoifs.htm

There ae quite a few pics, but they're all thumbnailed.

I'd appreciate your comments

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Egfroth

"I can hear the word money from a distance of fifty miles, if the wind's in the right direction"

Major Dennis Bloodnok, Queen's Forty-Third Deserters (retd.)

see my webpage at www.geocities.com/egfrothos

[This message has been edited by Egfroth (edited 02-02-2003).]

I liked it!

Thanks for the work.

Hal

Ps: I am going to put it in my favorites.

Not enough bandwidth, ill check back later

I think its quite nice now that i can see it.
One thing i wonder about it that you state that the seperate coif disappears around the middle of the 12th cent and disapears for several centuries, what about the seperate coifs from Wisby, there are quite a few, have you placed them in your timeline?

AB/WMA

Separate coif! Hey, I've been good all this time!

Good article and great to see you posting it for all to use.

However, I would have to agree with WMA about your statement. Seperate coifs are not difficult to prove in both the 13th and 14th century.

Erik

No problem. Not my area of expertise. I was mainly trying to demonstrate that they di exist in the C11, not that they didn't in the C14 or 15.

Egfroth

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Egfroth

"I can hear the word money from a distance of fifty miles, if the wind's in the right direction"

Major Dennis Bloodnok, Queen's Forty-Third Deserters (retd.)

see my webpage at www.geocities.com/egfrothos