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 CHAPTER IV

CONTINUED GENERAL HISTORY OF ARMOUR AND ARMS, A.D. 1200-1390

Between the end of the XIIth and the commencement of the XIIIth century, the skull-piece of the helmet has become hemispherical, instead of conical. There is in the Musée d'Artillerie a helmet of this type, No. H 3 (Fig. 129). It is of iron, reinforced with bands of the same metal. It has a movable neck defence and cheek-plates, but attached nasal-guard. This helmet was found in the river Somme near Abbeville, and presented to the Musée d'Artillerie by M. Boucher de Perthes. A helmet not quite so complete, but of almost identical form, is in the Imperial Armoury of Vienna, though there recorded, we feel in error, as belonging to the VIIth century (Fig. 130). Richard I, on his great seal, is represented with a head-piece of a shape similar to these (Fig. 131).

H 3, Musée d'Artillerie, Paris

Entering the XIIIth century we shall first take into consideration the