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{
    "localId": "104709",
    "label": "Barbute (from the Venetian Garrison at Chalcis)",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object"
}

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    "id": "104709",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Barbute (from the Venetian Garrison at Chalcis)",
    "description": "This is a rare example of a type of helmet used from about 1350 to 1480. Its conical shape deflected glancing blows to the head. Italian chronicles refer to professional men-at-arms as <em>barbuti</em>. The word derives from the Italian <em>barba</em>, or beard, a reference to the hood of mail often attached to these early helmets. The row of small holes along the face opening and neck were for the attachment of the hood and lining.",
    "date": "c. 1350–1420",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1923.1065",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
        "Q60758189"
    ],
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms and Armor"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1923.1065/1923.1065_web.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1923.1065/1923.1065_web.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1923.1065/1923.1065_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 29 x 21 x 25 cm (11 7/16 x 8 1/4 x 9 13/16 in.); Sleeves: 43.2 cm (17 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "North Italy, 14th-15th century"
    ],
    "accession": "1923.1065"
}

{
    "tec": "iron",
    "tombstone": "Barbute (from the Venetian Garrison at Chalcis), c. 1350–1420. North Italy, 14th-15th century. Iron; overall: 29 x 21 x 25 cm (11 7/16 x 8 1/4 x 9 13/16 in.); sleeves: 43.2 cm (17 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance, 1923.1065",
    "collection": "MED - Arms & Armor",
    "formerAccessionNumbers": [
        "1923.1065,a"
    ],
    "didYouKnow": "This helmet and a number of others were apparently excavated from the Venetian garrison at Chalcis on the Greek island of Euboea.",
    "citations": [
        {
            "citation": "American Art Association.<em> Illustrated Catalogue of Ancient Arms and Armor, Stained Glass, Coffrets and Furniture,</em> Authentic Specimens, in Nearly All Instances European. New York: American Art Association, 1923.",
            "page_number": "lot 246"
        },
        {
            "citation": "Gilchrist, Helen Ives. <em>A Catalogue of the Collection of Arms &amp; Armor Presented to the Cleveland Museum of Art by Mr. and Mrs. John Long Severance; 1916-1923</em>. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1924.",
            "page_number": "Mentioned: p. 41, B1; Mention: p. 77, D1",
            "url": "https://archive.org/details/SeveranceCollection1924/page/n57"
        },
        {
            "citation": "\"Bascinet.\" <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 11</em>, no. 3 (March 1924): 51-70",
            "page_number": "Mentioned: P. 62-63; Reproduced: P.65"
        },
        {
            "citation": "Fliegel, Stephen N. A<em>rms and Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> [Cleveland, Ohio]: The Museum, 1998.",
            "page_number": "pp. 34, 44, 165; cat. no. 68"
        },
        {
            "citation": "Fliegel, Stephen N. <em>Arms &amp; Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2007.",
            "page_number": "p. 44, 184, cat. no. 40"
        },
        {
            "citation": "Peter Finer (Firm). <em>Peter Finer: [Catalog]</em>. Ilmington, England: Peter Finer, 1995.",
            "page_number": "Mentioned: p. 19"
        },
        {
            "citation": "Gertsman, Elina and Barbara H. Rosenwein. <em>The Middle Ages in 50 Objects</em>. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018.",
            "page_number": "Mentioned: p. 150-153; Reproduced: p. 151"
        }
    ],
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1923.1065",
    "creditline": "Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 05:39:00.969000",
    "imageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1923.1065/1923.1065_print.jpg",
    "sourceId": 104709,
    "dept": "Medieval Art",
    "coll": "MED - Arms & Armor",
    "med": "iron",
    "thumbnail_url": null,
    "image_url": null
}

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    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1923.1065/1923.1065_web.jpg",
    "mediaId": "b4db7c058b87f717"
}