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Anecdotally, medieval literature credits the invention of the cervellière to astrologer Michael Scot ca. 1233, though this is not seriously entertained by most historians. The "Chronicon Nonantulanum" records that the astrologer devised the iron-plate cap shortly before his own predicted death, which he still inevitably met when a stone weighing two ounces fell on his protected head.