British and Foreign Arms & Armour

by Charles Henry Ashdown

Fig. 131.—Helmet, c. 1250.

Fig. 132.

Fig. 133.

About 1270 the round-topped variety came into fashion, of which examples are found until the end of the century and even after it. The seal of Patrick Dunbar, 10th Earl of March, affords a good illustration of the heaume with a circular crown; it is furnished with a movable visor. Other examples are shown in groups in the Painted Chamber at Westminster, and two very late specimens are represented in Figs. [116] and [117] on p. [102].