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See also: form of helmet, which was See also: developed out of existing forms in the latter See also: part of the 15th century
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It was round in shape, and often had a narrow See also: ridge or comb along the top
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It had a pivoted or hinged vizor and nose-piece, and See also: complete See also: chin, neck and cheek See also: protection, closely connected with the gorget
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It is distinguished from the See also: basinet by its roundness, and by the fact that it protects the neck and chin by strong plates, instead of a " camail " or loose See also: collar of See also: mail; from the See also: salade and heaume by its close See also: fit and See also: skull-cap shape; and from the various forms of vizored burgonets by the See also: absence of the projecting brim
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It remained in use until the final abandonment of the complete closed See also: head-piece
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