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Maximilian, the Landsknecht, etc.—Many of these types of head-pieces have been
described with the full suits referred to in previous chapters—Helmets of the Kolman
and Wolf schools—Of the Milanese type—Of the Pompeo della Chiesa school—"Mops
and Brooms" decoration—Head-pieces of the Greenwich school—Church helmets—Tilting
helmets—The Escuffa—The "arming-bonnett" 87

CHAPTER XXXII

THE BURGONET OR OPEN CASQUE

The open helmet termed burgonet, and as to the origin of the name—The evolution of the
latter XVth century open helmet into open casque or burgonet of the XVIth century—Apart
from those simple helmets worn by the ordinary soldiery, the nationality of
nearly every form is more readily recognized by its ornamentation than by its form—Of
all types of XVIth century helmets, the burgonets present examples of the most
luxuriant adornment—A review of some of the most famous burgonets extant taken
under the heading of nationalities, and an endeavour to trace their possible makers—Those
of Italian origin from about 1510 to 1600—Those of German origin—Those of
English origin from about 1520 to 1600—Those of French origin from about 1540 to 1580 125

CHAPTER XXXIII

MORIONS AND CABASSETS

The open helmet of the XVIth century known as the morion—Its possible origin—Its
popularity with all nationalities as an infantry head-piece; like the burgonet often the
subject for the richest workmanship—Certain representative examples not grouped in
their supposed nationalities, but classed in certain chronological order—The open
helmet of the latter part of the XVIth century known as the cabasset—Some rich
examples—Their decadence of make and meretricious decoration towards the close of
the century and in the first quarter of the XVIIth century—Leather morions and
cabassets 193

CHAPTER XXXIV

ITALIAN, GERMAN, AND FRENCH PAGEANT SHIELDS

The pageant shield of the XVIth century, a medium for the expression of the art of the artist-armourer
goldsmith of the time—Often the form of a royal gift—Must be considered
rather as an artistic achievement of the armourer—Pageant shields of Italian origin—A
few of the most famous extant by the Negroli, Picinino, and other armourers—Pisan
shields—Giorgio Ghisi—Geronimo Spacini—Wooden shields—The rivalry of Germany—Some
famous extant German pageant shields—Shields by the Kolmans and Wolf
of Landshut—A shield of the Greenwich school—"The Spanish General's Shield"—A
group of French pageant shields by an armourer of recognized work but unknown
name—A description of all shields by this artist-armourer—The "Cellini" shield at
Windsor 218