Spider helmet
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| Weapon type: | Protective weapon |
| Designations: | Spider helmet , Spider helmet |
| Use: | helmet |
| Working time: | around 17th century |
| Region of origin / author: |
Europe , armory |
| Distribution: | Europe |
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The spiders helmet ( Engl. : Spider helmet ) is a rare helmet from Europe to the 17th century is dated.
Two copies were on display at the Royal Armories (National Museum of the United Kingdom); Copies of this type of helmet are currently in the Art Institute of Chicago , Cleveland Museum of Art, and Cleveland Museum of Art.
description
The spider helmet is usually made of steel. The helmet bowl is hemispherical and equipped with a horizontally forward visor. A grid structure is attached over the entire helmet, which is attached to the top of the helmet and to the circumferential edge of the helmet. Are at the attachment to the helmet rim hinges attached. Steel rods run down from the hinges and are slightly bent towards the end. The steel bars become narrower towards the bottom from the hinges and are rounded at their end. They can be folded up when not in use. When folded down, they protect the face, both sides of the head and the neck from blows.
Spider helmet at the fire department
For the Austrian fire brigades , the aluminum spider helmet in the so-called Viennese shape was standard until a few years ago. In recent years it has been increasingly replaced by a synthetic helmet. Nevertheless, it is still worn at events such as honors, funerals or the like in many brigades. Also preferred in fire service competitions , where the old helmets are allowed alongside the new ones.
literature
- John Boileau: Proceedings at the Meetings of the Archaeological Institute. June 7. 1850. In: The Archaeological Journal. Vol. 7, 1850, ISSN 0066-5983 , pp. 296-307, here p. 305, online .
- Auguste Demmin : An Illustrated History of Arms and Armor from the earliest Period to the present time. Translated by CC Black. G. Bell & Sons, London 1901, p. 284 (reprinted. Wildhern Press, Teddington 2008, ISBN 978-1-84830-049-1 ), online .
- Charles John Ffoulkes: Inventory and survey of the armories of the Tower of London. Volume 1. His Majesty's Stationery Office, London 1916, p. 186, online .
- Reviews. The Tower; its History, Armories, and Antiquities. By J. Hewitt. Published by W. Spiers, 17, North Audley-street. In: The Art-Union. A Monthly Journal of the Fine Arts. Vol. 4, April 1842, ISSN 1948-0709 , pp. 87-88, online .
- Royal Archaeological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland: Memoirs, illustrative of the History and Antiquities of the County and City of Lincoln, communicated to the Annual Meeting of the Archeological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, held at Lincoln, July, 1848. With a general report of the proceedings of the meeting, and a catalog of the museum formed on that occasion. Office of the Archeological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, 1850, pp. XXXIV, online .
- George John Younghusband, The tower from within. 2nd edition. H. Jenkins, London 1919, p. 266.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ George Cameron Stone : A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration and Use of Arms and Armor in All Countries and in All Times. With an Introduction by Donald J. LaRocca. Courier Dover Publications, Mineola NY 1999, ISBN 0-486-40726-8 , pp. 579, 581.