Book Of Traceable Heraldic Art

Helm

See also: Helm in Pictorial Dictionary of Heraldry.

Helm Affronty §

Protective armor for the head.

Default orientation: facing dexter. No proper coloration.

Source: Two Tudor Books of Arms. Artist: Robert Cooke. (Page 73.)

Close Helm (1) §

Protective armor for the head. The close helm is a sixteenth-century style.

Default orientation: facing dexter. No proper coloration.

Source: Guillim’s Display of Heraldry. Artist unknown.

Close Helm (2) §

Protective armor for the head. The close helm is a sixteenth-century style.

Default orientation: facing dexter. No proper coloration.

Source: Some Feudal Lords and Their Seals. Artist unknown.

Close Helm (3) §

Protective armor for the head. The close helm is a sixteenth-century style.

Default orientation: facing dexter. No proper coloration.

Artist: Jessimond of Emerickeskepe.

Close Helm Affronty (1) §

Protective armor for the head. The close helm is a sixteenth-century style.

Default orientation: facing dexter. No proper coloration.

Artist: Jessimond of Emerickeskepe. Adapted from images of an Italian armet (c. 1490) held by the Met Museum.

Close Helm Affronty (2) §

Protective armor for the head. The close helm is a sixteenth-century style.

Default orientation: facing dexter. No proper coloration.

Artist: Jessimond of Emerickeskepe. Adapted from images of an Italian armet (c. 1490) held by the Met Museum.

Horned Close Helm §

Protective armor for the head. The close helm is a sixteenth-century style.

Default orientation: affronty. (Most helms face to dexter by default, but horned helms are an exception.) No proper coloration.

Source: Arma Regni Poloniae. Artist unknown. (Herb of Helm, p. 84.)

Corinthian Helm §

Protective armor for the head.

Default orientation: facing dexter. No proper coloration.

Artist: Ajir Tsagaan.

Great Helm (1) §

Armor for your head.

Default orientation: upright, facing dexter. No proper coloration.

Source: Baltischer Wappen-Kalender. Artist: M. Kortmann.

Great Helm (2) §

Protective armor for the head.

Default alignment: facing dexter. No proper coloration.

Source: The Accedence of Armorie. Artist unknown. (From folio 102r.)

Great Helm (3) §

Protective armor for the head.

Default alignment: facing dexter. No proper coloration.

Source: Zurich Roll. Artist unknown. Adapted by Vémundr Syvursson.

Great Helm Affronty (1) §

Protective armor for the head.

Default alignment: facing dexter. No proper coloration.

Artist: Jessimond of Emerickeskepe.

Great Helm Affronty (2) §

Protective armor for the head. The close helm is a sixteenth-century style.

Default orientation: facing dexter. No proper coloration.

Artist: Jessimond of Emerickeskepe.

Winged Great Helm Affronty Wings Elevated §

Protective armor for the head.

Default alignment: facing dexter. No proper coloration.

Artist: Jessimond of Emerickeskepe.

Winged Great Helm Affronty Wings Inverted §

Protective armor for the head.

Default alignment: facing dexter. No proper coloration.

Artist: Jessimond of Emerickeskepe.

Morion Helm §

Protective armor for the head. The morion helm is a sixteenth-century Iberian style.

Default orientation: facing dexter. No proper coloration.

Source: Guillim’s Display of Heraldry. Artist unknown.

Norman Helm Affronty §

Protective armor for the head.

Default orientation: facing dexter. No proper coloration.

Ocular Helm Affronty §

Protective armor for the head.

Default orientation: facing dexter. No proper coloration.

Artist: Jessimond of Emerickeskepe.

Turkish Helm §

Protective armor for the head.

Default orientation: facing dexter. No proper coloration.

Artist: Jessimond of Emerickeskepe. Adapted from a period example in the Met museum.