[ANSTHRLD] 15th-century barrel helm

[Alasdair MacEogan]

As Mistress Serena pointed towards Stephen Friar's _A Dictionary of Heraldry_, I will liek to provide this link.  While it is not the book cited, you are able to get a limited preview on Google Books of _Basic Heraldry_ by Friar and Ferguson.  If you do a search on "Helm" and look at the second result (page 155) you will find  couple nice profile drawings of barrel helms from the 14th C.   

http://books.google.com/books?id=ez8ZdOPxlukC&printsec=frontcover&dq=stephen+friar&cd=1#v=onepage&q=helm&f=false

i suspect these may be similar to what Serena was talking about.  I will also liek to apologize as it seems i misspoke earlier.  The book I have access to entitled _The Dictionary of Heraldry_ is by Foster and not Friar.  The Friar book I own is the same one the above Google Books link is pointing to.  Though I do believe I may rectify the omission of the Friar book from my library when I get the chance. ;-D

Cheers,
Alasdair