CONTENTS OF VOLUME II
| CHAPTER X | ||
| THE SALADE HEAD-PIECE | ||
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| The salade, a very marked family of head-pieces—Probably used as a form of helmet late in the XIVth century, but most representations of it and extant examples belong to the XVth—The derivation of the name—The rarity of the true German Schallern—The Italian Celata—Some famous examples extant, the work of noted armourers—The continuance in use of the Venetian Celata for purposes of pageantry down to the early years of the XVIIth century—The Hispano-Mauresque influence occasionally noticeable in their decoration—The salade of the French type; some extant examples of the first half of the XVth century—Allusion to Joan of Arc—The appearance of the salade in England—Extant examples to be found in England—The tailed salade—The German use of the same head-piece in its lighter form—The English made salade—The Italian salade in the latter years of the XVth century, very closely associated with those of the German Maximilian order of the same epoch—The German and Italian salade when under the influence of great armourers—Their appearance in contemporary painting—The English fighting salade of the time of the Wars of the Roses; examples in English churches—The enrichment of the salade head-piece—Was the crest ever worn upon a salade in actual warfare?—The bevor, bavier or bavière, and suggestion as to the derivation of its name—Pictured as used with the "tailed" salade—The salade as a tournament helmet—Burgkmaier's many representations of them—Some existing examples and other contemporary pictorial representations—The latest salade used, known as "The Saxon jousting helm"—Its affinity with the ordinary close helmet of the middle of the XVIth century—Extant examples | 1
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| CHAPTER XI | ||
| THE HEAD-PIECE CALLED THE CHAPEL-DE-FER OR CHAPAWE | ||
| The "chapawe" or war hat of the XVth century—Mentioned in documents of the XIIth century as a head-piece; the close connection it bears to other early head-pieces; its portrayal in the early years of the XIIIth century—M. Viollet-le-Duc's many reconstructions of such a head-piece—Extant examples of the XVth century—Some comparatively late Spanish types—Certain German war hats—The chapel-de-fer as figuring in the Pageant of William Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick—The barbute as a recorded form of helmet from the middle of the XIVth century until a century later—The uncertainty as to what it was; M. Viollet-le-Duc's explanation—Description of it by Olivier de la Marche—An extant helmet, that might be a barbute—Allusion to a barbute as a company of men | 57 | |
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