Hi friends!
Do you think is strange this "page" with that big helmet?
will be a private joke of Filippo Maria Visconti?
Re: The knight with big head
2That is a Valletta or Cameriere (page who dresses Knights) They started from the the shoes(sabats) and dressed upwards- so the last thing on was the Helmet.
So the lad is a Helmet stand
~Lorredan
So the lad is a Helmet stand
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Re: The knight with big head
4 There is a curious detail ... I didn't know a heraldic emblem of Galeazzo II Visconti: a lion with a big helmet on his head.
http://www.storiadimilano.it/arte/imprese/Imprese04.htm
I dont said this helmet is the same heraldic helmet, but is curious...
http://www.storiadimilano.it/arte/imprese/Imprese04.htm
I dont said this helmet is the same heraldic helmet, but is curious...
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Re: The knight with big head
5A second version ...mmfilesi wrote: There is a curious detail ... I didn't know a heraldic emblem of Galeazzo II Visconti: a lion with a big helmet on his head.
http://www.storiadimilano.it/arte/imprese/Imprese04.htm
I dont said this helmet is the same heraldic helmet, but is curious...
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c ... t-2007.jpg
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