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ONYE NKE NKE NKE XV nke narị afọ

Ọ bụghị n'adịghị ka Costessey helm, na ihe dị ka otu ụbọchị, akwadoro
nwekwara soiijffletw'xsov yiri ya, bụ isi-ibe mara mma ka a na-ahụ na ya
Onye Minista Wimborne (Fig 494).  Ọ eyịriwo n'elu ili ahụ ọtụtụ afọ
nke John Beaufort, Duke nke Somerset, onye nwụrụ na 1444, ma ekwuru na
njedebe nke nkọwa nke ili na Blore's "Monumental Remains,"
1826.Blore na-ekwu maka ya: “Okpukpu mbụ, ihe fọrọ nke nta ka ọ bụrụ ụbọchị ụbọchị.
ihe ncheta, a na-etinye n'elu ya, na anyị nwere ike na-enwechaghị obi abụọ njikọ ya
isiokwu anyị." Otú ọ dị, ụbọchị nke Duke nwụrụ bụ n'ezie n'oge
maka hel, na ọnọdụ ọ dị ugbu a na Minista enweghị ike ịbụ nke mbụ ya
otu.  Na 1881, mgbe e gosipụtara ya na Royal Archaeological Institute.
ma Mazị Wentworth Huyshe na Baron de Cosson kọwara ya nke ukwuu
nkọwa, extracts nke nkọwa anyị na-enye.  Maazị Huyshe kwuru na
oge na ọ natara akwụkwọ ozi site n’aka Vicar nke Wimborne, Mkpu.
E. Fiennes Trotman, n'ihi na hel nwere "enweghị njikọ na
ili nke o kokwasiri, na na sexton ochie gwara ya na nke ya
N'oge ọ bụ nwata, okpu agha ahụ abụchaghị nke a na-ejikọtaghị, ma na-agha ụgha banyere ụka ahụ,
e mesịakwa kwụsịtụrụ n'elu ili ahụ." The perforated na fluted
visor nke hel a bụ ibughari, enwere ike kewapụ ya na hinges, nke
a na-edozi ya site na ntụtụ n'akụkụ ọ bụla, dịka ọ dị na Capel na
ndị ọzọ helms nke otu ọdịdị nke anyị kwuru banyere ya.  Ndị a atụdo n'ime
Wimborne helm, a ga-ahụ ya, mechaa n'elu na obere mgbanaka, na obere oghere
na-egosi n'akụkụ nsọtụ nke visor n'ahịrị nwere ọgịrịga ya kachasị elu.  Well-
mara akpụrụ akpụ nke St. George na osisi na retable ugbu a na Dijon Museum
(Fig 424A) na-enyere aka ịkọwa iji oghere a na mgbanaka na isi nke
ntụtụ;  n'ihi na a na-ahụ obere yinye iji jikọta pin na visor, nke mere na
mgbe e wepụrụ nke ikpeazụ, ntụtụ ahụ nọgidere na ya ma ọ nweghị ike
fuo.  Mmiri nwude, nke visor, mgbe ewedara ya, echekwara
na agba agba, ka nọ n'ọnọdụ na ọnọdụ dị mma nke nchekwa.  Ole na ole
Enyere okpu agha nke mmalite ụbọchị a n'usoro sara mbara maka
na-edebe visor emechi;  ma dị ka ihe mgbochi ọzọ megide ohere.
Bility nke visor nke a na-amanye elu site na ntuli si n'okpuru, e nwere obere
efere edozi na agba-ibe, n'azụ nke nsọtụ nke visor dara mgbe ya
na-agbadata.  Mgbe e gosipụtara okpu agha n'ime ụlọ nke Royal Archae-
ological Institute, ngụkọta enweghị nke ọ bụla n'ụzọ nke idozi ya na
ihe mgbochi obi mere ka a na-eche na ọ na-atọ ụtọ na akụkụ ala ya
e bepụrụ ya.  N'ọtụtụ helms nke ụdị a, Otú ọ dị, nnukwu oghere abụọ
na-hụrụ nso ala nsọtụ nke gafere staples ofu na
ihe mgbochi obi.  Astley MS.  na-akọwa okpu agha yiri nke ahụ dị ka "pynid
otu narị na iri ise na asaa