Active Life and the Contemplative Life
- Date Depicted:
- 1975
500 AD - 1499 AD - Notes:
- A veil over a loosely draped wimple. This is listed as being from S. Elizabeth, near Gõppingen, Germany.
- Abstract:
- For married women hair is covered or twisted in braids which encircle the head or are arranged in a bun in back. In time the braids are coiled over the ears. A square of white linen is attached at the top of the head and drapes in soft folds under the chin. This is the wimple. Its counterpart, the barbette, is a shaped, circular piece of fine linen which fits under the chin without drapery. Finally, a loose veil is draped over the top of the head, framing the face in white. The chaperone is for travel. For unmarried girls hair is long and loose, and usually bound in a circlet.
- Topics:
- Costume -- Europe -- History -- (LC)
Sculpture -- Germany -- 13th century -- (YVRC) - Period/Style:
- Gothic (Medieval)
- Culture:
- German
- Accession Number:
- 4389-044
- Genre:
- costume (mode of fashion) (AAT)
sculpture: reliefs (AAT) - Format:
- Image
- Content Type:
- Clothing & Accessories
Sculptures, Models, & Architecture - Rights:
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Access Restrictions:
- Yale Community Only
- Source Creator:
- Button, Jeanne and Sbarge, Stephen
- Source Title:
- History of Costume, In Slides, Notes and Commentaries: Volume 2
- Source Created:
- New York, NY
Theatre Arts Slide Presentations
1975 - Call Number:
- GT513 +B87 2 (LC)
- Yale Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Digital Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- OID:
- 10596352
- PID:
- digcoll:1822141