Brain dome
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| Weapon type: | Protective weapon |
| Designations: | Brain dome |
| Use: | helmet |
| Creation time: | 13th Century |
| Working time: | 13th - 17th centuries |
| Region of origin / author: |
Italy , armory |
| Distribution: | Europe |
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A cranial hood (also iron hood, Italian Cervelliera or Segretta in Testa) is a tight-fitting iron cap that protects the skull and forehead area and appeared in the early 13th century.
description
It was typically in connection with the made Ringmail braid existing aventail under a pot helmet worn. In the 14th century, the brain hood was replaced by the pelvic hood that had emerged from it, but found itself again in a slightly modified form among the soldiers of the early 16th century.
In the 16th century, skulls were also worn as discrete protection under the then fashionable feather beret and large hats . Some versions were also provided with spikes driven from the solid material. The number of spines was five to seven. These were used to keep a hat worn over it in shape. The cranial hood is often confused with the pelvic or chain hood. It was often used by cavalry or mercenaries used carried the big flashy felt and leather hats.
literature
- Alfred Geibig: Dangerous and beautiful. A selection of historical weapons from the holdings of the art collections of Veste Coburg. Art collections of the Veste Coburg, Coburg, 1996, ISBN 3-87472-073-10 .
- 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 .
- Guy Francis Laking: A record of european armor and arms through seven centuries. Volume 1. Bell, London 1920.
- Friedrich von Leber: Vienna's Imperial Armory. For the first time viewed from a historical-critical point of view. Koehler et al., Leipzig et al. 1846, p. 181 .
- Helmut Nickel: Ullstein weapon book. A cultural and historical weapons customer with a list of brands. Ullstein, Berlin et al. 1974.
- Michael Störmer: The armory. A compendium of medieval melee weapons and armor (= DragonSys. Lebendiges Mittelalter. Vol. 4). Revised new edition. G&S Verlag GmbH, Zirndorf 2004, ISBN 3-925698-46-9 , p. 47.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Wendelin Boeheim : Handbook of Armament. The weapon system in its historical development from the beginning of the Middle Ages to the end of the 18th century (= Seemanns Kunstgewerbliche Handbücher. Vol. 7, ZDB -ID 53757-3 ). Seemann, Leipzig 1890, p. 56 (reprint. Fourier Verlag, Wiesbaden 1985, ISBN 3-201-00257-7 ).