Basin hood
| Basin hood | |
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| Information | |
| Weapon type: | Protective weapon |
| Designations: | Bascinet, Basinet, Bacyn, Basnet, kettle hood, dog or pig cowl |
| Use: | helmet |
| Creation time: | 14th Century |
| Region of origin / author: |
Europe , armory |
| Distribution: | Europe |
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When Bascinet , also boiler hood , Basinet , Bacyn , Basnet or Bascinet , later versions with visor also Hunds- or pork Gugel called, is a helmet type , which in the early 14th century came up and up into the 15th century was in use.
description
The pelvic hood developed from the brain hood , a light helmet that was worn by riders in the 13th century together with a padded cap and a hood made of braided armor under the helmet . When the braided armor was finally attached to this increasingly since the 1320s , the helmet established itself without the bucket helmet now worn over it due to the increase in the size of the hood . The helmet bowl was driven out to a point to better ward off blows from above, and the edge of the helmet moved down until the pelvic hood encompassed the entire head with the exception of the face area.
In the course of the 14th century it became common to wear the basin hood without the heavy bucket helmet. To protect the face, a nasal or a flip visor could therefore be attached to the edge of the helmet. In the second half of the 14th century, the doggugel was created from the visor-fitted basin hood . The Armet worn in the 15th century and the Grand Bacinet also developed from this type of helmet.
literature
- Harry Kühnel (Ed.): Picture dictionary of clothing and armor. From the ancient Orient to the end of the Middle Ages (= Kröner's pocket edition. Vol. 453). Kröner, Stuttgart 1992, ISBN 3-520-45301-0 .
- Heinrich Müller, Fritz Kunter: European helmets from the collection of the Museum of German History. 2nd, expanded and revised edition. Military publishing house of the GDR , Berlin 1984.
