. Handbook of ornament; a grammar of art, industrial and architectural designing in all its branches, for practical as well as theoretical use. gawkward, without becoming ugly. Very manifold, although of no great importance decoratively,are the Helmets of the Middle Ages. Leaving out of account theless important transitional forms, we will here give the names of theprincipal classes in order of historical succession. They are theHeaume (fig. 8), the Salade or sallet (fig. 7), the Tilting-helmet(fig. 9), the Armet (fig. 10), and the Helmet with barred Vizor (fig. 11).The section on Heraldry may
. Handbook of ornament; a grammar of art, industrial and architectural designing in all its branches, for practical as well as theoretical use. gawkward, without becoming ugly. Very manifold, although of no great importance decoratively,are the Helmets of the Middle Ages. Leaving out of account theless important transitional forms, we will here give the names of theprincipal classes in order of historical succession. They are theHeaume (fig. 8), the Salade or sallet (fig. 7), the Tilting-helmet(fig. 9), the Armet (fig. 10), and the Helmet with barred Vizor (fig. 11).The section on Heraldry may also be consulted. The Helmets of the Renascence, especially the State - helmets,are richly, sometimes too richly, decorated. To the forms received,from the Middle ages, were added the Burganet (fig. 13), and theilorion (fig. 12). Some of these State-helmets are also copied fromthe Antique, as may be seen in fig. 14. The Modern creations in thissection are of no artistic importance. Plate 227. The Helmet. 1. Greek, bronze, Campana collection, (Lart pour tous). 2. Etruscan, bronze, Campana collection, (Lart pour tous). METAL OBJECTS. 391. The Helmet. Plate 227. 392 The Helmet. — The Sword, — The Dagger. 3. Roman, bronze, Louvie, Paris, (Menard et Sauvageot). 4—6. Roman, bronze, for gladiators, different views, (Menard etSauvageot). 7. Mediaeval Salade, iron. 8. Mediaeval Heaume, iron, the chain was hooked into the cross-shaped slit. 9. Mediaeval Tilting-helmet, iron. 10. Mediaeval Armet, iron. 11. Mediaeval, iron, with barred vizor. 12. Renascence, Morion, etched iron. 13. Renascence Burganet, German. 14. State-helmet, 16th century, (Lart pour tous). The Sword. (Plate 228.) The Swoid is the most universally used of the offensive as these weapons for cutting and thrusting differ from eachother in size and finish; they generally consist of three principalparts: the Blade, single or double-edged, tapering more or lesstowards the point, generally straight, but so
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