Saturday 3 August 2013

Crests in 1450s: Part 2

Tours BM MS.218 Hours of Charles V
2 red bourelets over helms. Both have gold details. This seems to be the most common way to wear a bourelet in this decade.


Morgan M.385 Speculum humanae salvationis
Peacock plume rises from the centre top of a helm, without visible attachment.

Lyon BM MS.439 Apocalypsis figurata
2 different slender feathers rising from the top of the crown of a helm, without and obvious attachment. A red and gold bourelet is worn in the foreground.


UBH Cod. Pal. germ. 149 Historia septem sapientum; Chronicon pontificum et imperatorum
Single feather coming from the centre front. Double-decker crown, too.


MMW 10 B 34 Speculum humanae salvationis
Crossed over string of beads on the far right helm?


UBH Cod. Pal. germ. 149 Historia septem sapientum; Chronicon pontificum et imperatorum
2 tails from a ribbon or torse are seen top left. 3 slim feather coming out of a gold and silver brooch/mounting point on the front of the second man's helm.


UBH Cod. Pal. germ. 149 Historia septem sapientum; Chronicon pontificum et imperatorum
Angry horses. Huge flower pauldrons. A massive crown. a single ostrich feather attached by a gold brooch to the centre front of a helm, or maybe a silver bourelet on a helm. The artist uses different brush strikes on the item that could be a silver bourelet to the red bourelet that is worn by the rider on the left, though.


UBH Cod. Pal. germ. 149 Historia septem sapientum; Chronicon pontificum et imperatorum
Blob crest? Short, curly feathers? Short, extra dagged mantle? 


MMW 10 B 34 Speculum humanae salvationis
2 thin feathers attached to the right side beneath the ear roundel. Note the man with the sleeveless arming jack. It could also be argued that this jack simply has different coloured sleeves, and is made in the grand aissette style. 


MMW 10 B 34 Speculum humanae salvationis
2 slender feathers attached to the centre front join in the crown and the brim/fixed visor on the helm. There is what could be a gold torse, though it is more likely to be part of the helm. And another man in a sleeveless jack.


UBH Cod. Pal. germ. 149 Historia septem sapientum; Chronicon pontificum et imperatorum
You rarely see hair from under a helm, so I will guess this is the artists rendition of a thick bourelet with a slim torse and free tails on top.


arundel
multi-tail mantling under a crown. There is a black tall cylindrical plume rising from the crown, between 2 horns that seem to be tipped in blood. There also seems to be a small flag on top of each horn. Extravagant. 


burney
I believe this was on the cover of a book. There is a small torse, and some other crest items, though they are hard to see.


The Gorrevod Armorial 1456-1459