Barbute is type of popular infantry helmet in Italy of the XV century.
Italian barbuta, c. 1460, of the T-shaped form, the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Due to cheek guards, face is largely covered. Etymologically, the word “barbute” is derived from Italian “Barba”, what means “beard”. It can be interpreted as “Bearded helm”: cheek guards or beards, staring from under the helm are meant.
Open-faced helmet barbute could have T-cut or Y-cut from the front. So, face was covered only partially. Dome could be conical or spherical conical.
This model of battle helmet barbute is typical head protection of medieval infantryman. Armor is completely handcrafted by indi...