Meaning of klappvisier | Babel Free

Definitions

A type of visor, found on medieval European (especially German) helmets, typically hinged at a single point in the middle of the brow of the helmet (rather than hinged on the sides of the skull).

historical

Examples

“Representations of the Sleeping Guard show⟳ war - hats as well as bascinets with Klappvisiers , as on the Easter Sepulchre in the Altertumsmuseum in the Grosse Garten at Dresden and in Constance Cathedral . They frequently appear⟳ in ...”

“In Germany one of the earliest pictorial depictions of a Klappvisier appears to have⟳ been shown in the lost Volto santo fresco, formerly on the east wall of the Chapel in Kronberg (see⟳ ftn. 27 above).”

“Early bascinets had no visors, but by the second quarter of the 14th century they were fitted with Klappvisiers, visors , using a centralised hinge […] During the 1390s steel ventails gradually replaced the mail aventail that had been fitted alongside the klappvisier to defend⟳ the neck.”

“An improvement on this design⟳ was the Klappvisier, a larger, full guard that folded down over the face⟳.”

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