Ilkhanids with flat topped helmets

[Druzhina]

I noticed in "Oriental Armour of the Near and Middle East from the Eighth to the Fifteenth Centuries as Shown in Works of Art" by  M. Gorelik, in: <i>Islamic Arms and Armour</i>, ed. R Elgood, London 1979; a couple of figures with helmets that are flat on the top:


I looked these up in the source given: The Ilkhanid Mongol Kitāb-i-Samak 'Iyār, by Ṣadaqah Ibn Abī al-Qāsim Shīrāzī and found that the flat topped helmets in folio 268b were actually colouring-in over the lines (or smudged). The outline of pointed helmets can be seen.
So best to avoid making or buying figures based on this.

The Bodleian Library have changed their online system so I haven't been able to get a bigger detail to check if one helmet has a nasal.

Druzhina
Ilkhanid Mongol Illustrations of Costume & Soldiers

[Techno]

Some interesting pics in the link at the bottom, D. 

Cheers - Phil

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Nicer one D

[FierceKitty]

Well, the Bodleian has to cope with students who never enter the library and staff who never publish anything worth reading, so I suppose changing their system creates the effect of activity.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Before you carry on FK, my Aunt is the Bodlein's graphic designer and has she has either published  or type set over 60 books in the last twenty years, guess she ups the average!

[FierceKitty]

I'm not having a go at the library, just at that "university".

[Subedai]

Another interesting find Mr D.

[Druzhina]

It seems you now need a staff/student/alumni password to access it now.

Druzhina
14th Century Illustrations of Costume & Soldiers