. The Archaeological journal. 1 SIo)en .v?>? ( 1,1 > iii ii, par liahed by the Society of Antiquaries,with Divi ion I, u a Memoir l>\ the late Mr. Rokewode, inpli d in can tul Vi matt Monumenta, vol vL, pL 86, 86. i ? pi l pub. FOUND AT LECKHAMPTON, GLOUCESTERSHIRE. 21 the Roman cudo or yalerus of skin, the lether-helm^ ofthe Saxons,5 the petturis or the palet of cuirbouilli inmediaeval times. The ingenuity of a later age devised aframework to be worn concealed within the cap for thepurposes of defence. Of this Hefner gives a good illustra-tion amongst the varied types which he has se
. The Archaeological journal. 1 SIo)en .v?>? ( 1,1 > iii ii, par liahed by the Society of Antiquaries,with Divi ion I, u a Memoir l>\ the late Mr. Rokewode, inpli d in can tul Vi matt Monumenta, vol vL, pL 86, 86. i ? pi l pub. FOUND AT LECKHAMPTON, GLOUCESTERSHIRE. 21 the Roman cudo or yalerus of skin, the lether-helm^ ofthe Saxons,5 the petturis or the palet of cuirbouilli inmediaeval times. The ingenuity of a later age devised aframework to be worn concealed within the cap for thepurposes of defence. Of this Hefner gives a good illustra-tion amongst the varied types which he has selected froma hundred helms of iron found in 1841 in a cistern at thecitadel of Chalcis, in the Isle of Negropont. They havebeen assigned to the XHIth and XlVth centuries. Thissimple and effective defence is given with those of theearlier (See woodcut.) An ironscull-cap of open or framed work wasworn within the hat in the times ofthe civil wars, and examples exist inthe Tower Armory, in the collectionsat Goodrich Court and other , in his Panoplie, gives a repre- ^SJShS™!?4*8sentation of a calotte echancree ofthis description fitted to such a form of hat as is now wTorn,and he describes a very light and effec
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