Late 12th century facemask helms

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Here are some late 12th century images of soldiers with helms with simple facemasks attached:
Face-mask visor in the Cardena Beatus Codex, Commentary on the Apocalypse by Beatus of Liébana, Spain
Face-mask visor in Murder of Becket, Wall Painting in the Church of Saints Giovanni & Paolo, Spoleto, Italy, late 12th-century
Murder of Thomas Becket, BL Harley 5102, England, last quarter of the 12th century
'Rolandslied', Song of Roland, Regensburg, Germany, late 12th-century
Nebuchadnezzar besieges Jerusalem, f206v Rylands Beatus, Commentary on the Apocalypse by Beatus of Liébana, c.1175, Spain
Carved Column Capitals in the Cloister of Monreale Cathedral near Palermo in Sicily, 1174 to 1182 AD
Wall paintings of knights in All Saints Church, Claverley, Shropshire, featuring face-mask visors.
Rylands Beatus, Commentary on the Apocalypse by Beatus of Liébana, c.1175 - f206v Nebuchadnezzar besieges Jerusalem, with an infantryman in helmet with face-mask.
and possibly
Effigy of Geoffrey de Mandeville, 1st Earl of Essex, 12th-13th century
Lost tomb, probably of Count William of Flanders, Church of Saint Bertin, Saint Omer, Flanders, c.1130-75



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Murder of Becket, Wall Painting in the Church of Saints Giovanni & Paolo, Spoleto, Italy, late 12th-century
Murder of Thomas Becket, BL Harley 5102, England, last quarter of the 12th century
'Rolandslied', Song of Roland, Regensburg, Germany, late 12th-century
Carved Column Capitals in the Cloister of Monreale Cathedral near Palermo in Sicily, 1174 to 1182 AD
Wall paintings of knights in All Saints Church, Claverley, Shropshire, featuring face-mask visors.
Rylands Beatus, Commentary on the Apocalypse by Beatus of Liébana, c.1175 - f206v Nebuchadnezzar besieges Jerusalem, with an infantryman in helmet with face-mask.
Effigy of Geoffrey de Mandeville, 1st Earl of Essex, 12th-13th century

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12th Century Illustrations of Costume & Soldiers

There is also a face-mask helmet in 'Nebuchadnezzar besieges Jerusalem' in the Rylands Beatus, Spain, c.1175
wall paintings of knights in All Saints Church, Claverley, Shropshire, featuring face-mask visors.

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A face-mask helmet in 'Nebuchadnezzar besieges Jerusalem' in the Rylands Beatus, Spain, c.1175
Wall paintings from All Saints Church, Claverley, Shropshire, England, c.1200

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12th Century Illustrations of Costume & Soldiers