"Colored Visors and helmets...?" Topic

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Nicholas71	19 May 2015 1:58 a.m. PST
I see in many war gaming blogs and sites (especially for Medieval era) many really good and talented painters painting helmets and visors with color..red-blue etc. Because i am not aware is this Historically proven?
Oh Bugger	19 May 2015 3:11 a.m. PST
Lots of evidence for painted helmets and armour both written and in art.
janner	19 May 2015 4:23 a.m. PST
Agreed, based on artistic representations, it appears to have been quite common in the High Middle Ages.
Johnp4000	19 May 2015 5:28 a.m. PST
I always thought the coloured helmets was a practical way of stopping rust?A lot of medieval art shows armour painted black.
janner	19 May 2015 9:31 a.m. PST
Possibly, but if you could afford to buy and maintain a warhorse, having a chap to keep your armour clean and oiled wouldn't have been an issue
Druzhina	19 May 2015 11:46 p.m. PST
For example: 'Liber ad honorem Augusti', by Pietro da Eboli, Sicily, c.1197 Thumbnails for 'Liber ad honorem Augusti', by Pietro da Eboli MIRROR SITE 'Liber ad honorem Augusti, by Pietro da Eboli, Sicily, c.1197 Druzhina Illustrations of Costume & Soldiers
Yesthatphil	20 May 2015 11:45 a.m. PST
There was a splendid red barbute in the Castel Sant'Angelo Museum … Phil
Yesthatphil	20 May 2015 11:53 a.m. PST
For 13th Century examples google Maciejowski bible … battle scenes throughout, most have a mix of metallic and painted helmets. I think it is likely this depicts contemporary practice … Phil Ancients on the Move
Druzhina	20 May 2015 11:02 p.m. PST
Holy orders symbols of Uclés and Calatrava painted on helmets, in the Cantigas de Santa Maria of Alfonso X Heraldry on the helmets of Guillem II de Baern & Moncada and Guillem de Mediona at the Battle of Portopi. Pintures murals de la conquesta de Mallorca, 1285-1290 More pictures from the Morgan Crusader Bible of Louis IX or Maciejowski Bible Druzhina 13th Century Illustrations of Costume & Soldiers
Griefbringer	21 May 2015 2:54 a.m. PST
It is worth remembering that medieval man appreciated colour and decoration where he could afford it.
Druzhina	21 May 2015 10:42 p.m. PST
For visors of a different coloured metal: Folio 62r, King of Bohemia, in Chroniques de France ou de St Denis, British Library MS Royal 20 C VII, c.1398 Druzhina 14th Century Illustrations of Costume & Soldiers

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