Saturday 27 July 2013

Crests in 1430s: part 2


Here are some images from 1430-1439 showing a few different things people wore on their helms.
ONB Cod.485 Leben Jesu
A torse (rolled fabric band encircling the head) and a fine feather coming from the centre front.


ONB Cod.485 Leben Jesu
A torse on a kettle helm and a fine feather coming from the centre front.
ONB Cod.485 Leben Jesu
Same manuscript, same soldier, same red torse.


Morgan M.230 Biblia pauperum
Small diameter torse with cylindrical plume


Morgan M.230 Biblia pauperum
2 feathers from ring on top of the grand bascinet.


Morgan M.230 Biblia pauperum


Morgan M.230 Biblia pauperum
torse worn over grand bascinet, both over hinge roundels and under hinge roundels


Morgan M.230 Biblia pauperum
loose torses, one with hanging tail
Morgan M.453 Book of Hours
Close fitting mantling with a single tail. The lance implies it is to be worn for jousting. 
ULB Darmstadt Hs 1 Historienbibel
This one its interesting. There is a cone circled by stiff feathers rising out of a crown, all worn over a hem. There is also a red wing that could be coming from someone else, or could be some errant dagging flicking up.
ULB Darmstadt Hs 1 Historienbibel
4 ostrich style feathers in 2 or 3 colours rising from the top of the slotted kettle helm. No mounting point visible.
ULB Darmstadt Hs 1 Historienbibel
Everyone wears a crown.
ULB Darmstadt Hs 1 Historienbibel
A red wing rising from within a crown. There is a torse with no visible tail around the crown, all worn on a slotted kettle helm.