A Tyrolean fire hood made from helmets of the late Middle Ages: recycling and reuse of pieces of armour from the 14th to 19th centuries

Abstract

One has to wonder where all the armour from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance that is no longer preserved might have gone. The article presents some forms of repurposing discarded pieces of armour. The focus is on two helms of the fourteenth century, which were secondarily used in a fire hood. The new finds not only tell an interesting story, they are also rare representatives of a once widespread type.