. Inventory and survey of the armouries of the Tower of London . Helm, probably a funeral achievement. Theoculariumis wide, and the shape is quite unreasonable for practical purposes. Weight, 171b. 4. Tilting Helm probably used as an achievement in a church. Thevery open ocularium shows that it can never have been of any practical by Planche in his Encyclopedia of Costume, Plate XL Height, 22|in. Weight, 141b. Bascinets and Salades. 5. Conical Bascinet (XlVth-XVth Century), forged in onepiece. The crown is slightly ridged, and there are traces of attachment ofa camail. The whole i
. Inventory and survey of the armouries of the Tower of London . Helm, probably a funeral achievement. Theoculariumis wide, and the shape is quite unreasonable for practical purposes. Weight, 171b. 4. Tilting Helm probably used as an achievement in a church. Thevery open ocularium shows that it can never have been of any practical by Planche in his Encyclopedia of Costume, Plate XL Height, 22|in. Weight, 141b. Bascinets and Salades. 5. Conical Bascinet (XlVth-XVth Century), forged in onepiece. The crown is slightly ridged, and there are traces of attachment ofa camail. The whole is much corroded. Height, gin. Weight, 2lb. 40Z. Purchased in 1852. 6. Bascinet (XlVth - XVthCentury).—The visor is of the beak type, and was originallyhinged on the brow. It is nowpivoted at the sides. From the slopeof the line of holes by which thelining or cover was attached it isevident that the lower edge was atone time much deeper, and that atsome period it has been cut square. Weight, 51b. 40Z. Purchased at the Brocas Sale in BASCINET (FV, 6). 18 3 172 THE ARMOURIES OF THE TOWER OF LONDON.
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