heaume

Historical Examples of heaume

• During the mail period, no heaume is represented with a movable visor.

  A Handbook of Pictorial History

  Henry W. Donald

• The name is supposed to be a corruption of heaumet, the diminutive of heaume, the great helm of the fourteenth century.

  Armour & Weapons

  Charles John Ffoulkes

• It will be observed that this kind of heaume is continued so low as to rest on the shoulders.

  Ancient Armour and Weapons in Europe

  John Hewitt

• The heaume was only put on when actual fighting in battle or in the lists was about to commence.

  A Handbook of Pictorial History

  Henry W. Donald

• In the reign of Richard I., the close-fitting helmet was superseded by the Heaume, great helm or tilting helmet.

  A Handbook of Pictorial History

  Henry W. Donald