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medieval Italy's answer to the question: what if your helmet looked like a screaming ghost?
originItalian, 15th century, born in city-state arms races
greek echoshaped after ancient Corinthian helmets, reborn
the faceoften a T or Y slit for eyes and breath
meaningname derives from beard, the chin it guarded
open stylesome left the whole face exposed for vision