Known also as: barbut, barbuta, celata. An Italian helm, fitting closely to the head, characterized by a rounded skull, a T-shaped opening for the face, sometimes expanded into a fully open face and severely flared tail and cheek pieces.
A tall open helmet of Italian origin, often with a pointed apex (later rounded), cheekpieces, and a small face-opening; in use from about 1350 to the end of the fifteenth century.
Also called barbut, barbuta. An open-faced, usually shoulder-length Italian helmet, made in one piece, with a T-shaped face opening. Barbuta is the Italian term. A
another Italian helmet design of the mid-15th century, the barbute or barbuta was a close-fitting helmet that came in a variety of open, and close-faced forms. It's most famous design, had a âYâ or âTâ shaped slot in the face to provide vision and ventilation, and was clearly modeled on ancient Classical Greek helmets.
An Italian helmet. It had a "Y" shape in the middle that provided visibility and ventilation.
A barbute is a visorless war helmet of fifteenth century Italian design, often with distinctive "T" shaped or "Y" shaped opening for the eyes and mouth. The barbute resembles classical Greek helmets and may have been influenced by a renewed interest in ancient artifacts.