Adornment or decoration on a great helm

Warren · Post by **Warren** » Tue Jun 18, 2002 2:19 pm

I have a black bar grill pembridge style helm that is flat black in color. I wondered what sort if any type of painted decoration would be appropriate for it.

Thanks,

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Warren · Post by **Warren** » Tue Jun 18, 2002 4:40 pm

bump

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Egfroth · Post by **Egfroth** » Tue Jun 18, 2002 5:52 pm

For contemporary pictures of the decoration on helmets of this gebneral type, look at the Maciejowski Bible (c. 1250 AD) at http://www.keesn.nl/mac/mac_en.htm and at various pictures at http://www.callisto.si.usherb.ca/~croisade/IMAGES/Webimages.htm - particularly http://www.callisto.si.usherb.ca/~croisade/IMAGES/Godefroi.jpg and http://www.callisto.si.usherb.ca/~croisade/IMAGES/Antioche.jpg and http://www.callisto.si.usherb.ca/~croisade/IMAGES/Antioche2.jpg and http://www.callisto.si.usherb.ca/~croisade/IMAGES/Lance.jpg

Probably the Maciejowski Bible is clearest (as usual), butn the others give an idea of the "variations on a theme" that were current.

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Warren · Post by **Warren** » Tue Jun 18, 2002 8:41 pm

Thanks for the pics. It helps a lot.

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