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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