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The bascinet – also bassinet, basinet, or bazineto – was a Medieval European open-faced combat helmet. It evolved from a type of iron or steel skullcap, but had a more pointed apex to the skull, and it extended downwards at the rear and sides to afford protection for the neck.
a "great bascinet", a pig-faced visored style, bascinet of Sir John Marmion with covered vervelles. After 1350, the tall form developed to reach to the base of the neck and provided more solid protection. The skull was either smooth or had a central ridge on the front running from the apex to the arch above the face.
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What is a bascinet helmet?
Pigface Bascinet. The bascinet was the most commonly used helm in the Middle Ages. Beginning in the XIV century and continuing into the XV century, the bascinet began to develop different features. For example, from approximately 1360 – 1370, the bascinet acquired a new type of visor connection called the “Klappvisor”.
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This helmet was designed with a sloping skull and a pointed visor to dispel blows to the head and face, as well as protruding eye slits. It is this distinctive shape that gives this style of bascinet it iconic name, pig-face; the style is also less commonly referred to as dog-face or hounskull.
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This fully visored style of bascinet evolved from the bretèche of so-called “nasal bascinets” and connected to the brow of the helmet in much the same was as its predecessor. This particular type of rounded visor is commonly called a “Pigface” and is equipped with a folding visor connection as well as flanges at the eye-slits for ...
