Fig. 395.—Jacobi armour, 1575. (Wallace Collection.)
Fig. 396.—Helmet, Jacobi suit.
The Helmets are of the closed pattern, of the burgonet type, with an umbril or shade for the eyes, made after the style of a visor and coming well forward, while a falling bavière ([Fig. 398]) is hinged at the sides and projects well to the front, forming an occularium with the umbril ([Fig. 396]). A deep comb passes over the top of the helmet. The Sackville suit has a triple-barred face-guard as well ([Fig. 397]). A morion could be worn with these suits; it was an oval helmet with a high crest like a comb, and a brim which was peaked both before and behind ([Fig. 415]).
The Gorget consisted of four lames of plate.
Breastplates.—These are all of the peascod form with roped turnover borders and the goussets laminated with one plate. The backplates are secured to the breastplates by steel straps over the shoulders and under the arms (Figs. [397] and [398]).
