prevalent on the Continent, and some of the head-pieces shown upon the common soldiery in English MSS. partake of the character of this defence. It was worn without any visor, but a portion of the camail, adapted for the purpose, was lifted in order to cover almost entirely the small opening left in front, being fastened to the staples with which these helmets are almost always provided. The Barbute in the Wallace Collection (Fig. 214) shows this feature very distinctly, as it is provided with two staples for the purpose, while the nasal thus formed by the camail is well shown in the effigy of Ulrich Landschaden, 1369, in Neckarsteinach (Fig. 215), which, however, is defended by the ordinary bascinet, though strange to note, the figure is entirely without any visible plate armour for the limbs. A bascinet with an iron nasal of rigid form is shown in the MS. Roy. 14, E. 4, and depicted in Fig. 216. It will be seen by the various figures illustrating the Camail and Jupon Period that the height of the bascinet became less towards the end of the time when it prevailed, and showed a distinct tendency to merge into the globular form of the succeeding period. The bascinet of Sir William Burgate, 1409, in Burgate Church, Suffolk (Fig. 217), is remarkable for its high comb or apex, and is probably of foreign origin. [Illustration: FIG. 213.--Snout-faced helmet, _c._ 1400.] [Illustration: FIG. 214.--Barbute, _c._ 1400. (Wallace Collection.)] [Illustration: FIG. 215.--Effigy at Neckarsteinach, 1369, showing nasal.] [Illustration: FIG. 216.--Nasal from Roy. MS. 14, E. 4] [Illustration: FIG. 217.--Bascinet. Sir William Burgate, 1409.]