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Category: Male clothing > medieval headwear

Medieval hood with extended collar

Century: XIV, XV

CODE	Material	Standard × SPES products - technology & methods of manufacturing Machine-made standard - products with visible signs of using modern methods and tools in their production; e.g. visible outside and inside seams in clothing made with the use of a machine. Mixed standard - products with visible signs of using both modern and traditional methods and tools in their production; e.g. main, inside seams in clothing are made with the use of a machine while outside stitches and details are sewn by hand. Hand-made standard - goods with visible signs of using only traditional methods and tools in their production; e.g. all seams in clothing are sewn by hand. *NOTE. We always use high quality materials and fabrics while making our products - the above standards of their production are not related to the materials used.	Price
GMWR0138	Wool	Hand-made	110.00 EUR
GMWS0137	Wool	Mixed	79.00 EUR

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A type of medieval headwear made of wool. For comfort of wearing, it has a linen lining. This medieval hood has a characteristic long tail - so-called liripipe - and an extended collar reaching over the shoulders. It’s an all purpose model, perfect with loose outer garments (robe), as well as garments fitted to body shape (cotehardie, jopula). On special request we can decorate this model with a cutout.

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The history of hood with extended collar

You can easily find similar examples in sources from the 14th and 15th centuries. The popular source with many medieval hoods of this type, often decorated with a cutout, is Romansie Alexandra illuminated by Jehan de Grise, dated back to 1338-1344.

What is the role of liripipe in hood?

A liripipe is a characteristic element of a few medieval hoods from our assortment. The reasons for introducing this long tail are not entirely clear and we can assume that it’s a simple, yet effective, item of the former fashion. A liripipe could be worn loosely on the back, wrapped around the head, or on the shoulder.

Still, a tail has some practical features. Wrapped around the head, it prevents the hood from slipping off, which is important for a knight or fighter. You can also easily transform a medieval hood into a fabulous chaperon.

What are the types of medieval headwear?

Similarly to the outer garment, headwears speaks of the social status and in case of women of their marital status. In medieval iconography hardly ever can we find figures without any head wear. During all the period of the Middle Ages a hood was the most widespread head wear. Its functions were protective and sometimes symbolic, ritual or representative. Medieval headwear includes: caps, hats, coifs, hoods, kerchiefs and others. Hoods were often made of cloth, however caps and hats were made of felt.