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Linen coiff, common from the 12th century onwards.
It can be tied under the chin. Can be worn alone or with another headdress (straw hat, hood, etc.).
This one is made in three pieces, to fit the shape of the skull.
A two-piece model was used in the 13th and 14th centuries.

Sources: one example found in Italy dated 1470-1540.

Possible option:
- Exposed handmade seams
- Material: linen or hemp

Price : 15€

Hood in vogue in the second half of the 15th century.
"Turban" because of the boudin which serves as a support. In reality it is closer to a hat, a result of the previous fashion when wearing the hood through the head opening with the rolled edge was in good taste.

Possible options:
- Other material than wool: silk, brocade, velvet
- Dagging on edges (oak leaves, crenellations, etc)

Sources:
- Quentin Massys the Elder
- Royal Library of Belgium, Ms 9278-80, fol. 1
- Le Livre des propriétés des choses, BNF, Français 135, fol. 193

Price from 58€

A hood model worn in the 13th century, it is relatively short and without a cornette (= a tail at the end of the hood that is more or less long).
At the end of the 12th - beginning of the 13th century it was worn by workers. Around 1250 it is found on women.
Towards the middle of the 13th century, the hood is worn by all classes of society, the materials used indicate the status. It is often represented split on the front, but it is also found closed and more rarely with 1 button.

Source:
- Maciejowski Bible, fol. 17V; ca. 1250
- Cambridge University Library; MS Ee.3.59; fol. 4v.
- New Latin acquisition 16251. Fol. 69v. St Matthew

Possible options:
- with or without lining
- lining in linen, hemp, fur or silk
- visible handmade seams

Price from 40€

Hood worn from about 1330 to 1450.
It has a long collar, and is longer than the 13th century chaperon to cover the shoulders.
It can be worn in many ways, including as a hat.
It is seen on all social classes, but after 1450 it is mostly found on older or middle to low status people.

Sources :
- Bocksten man's chaperone (14th century)
- Biblio de l'Arsenal, Paris Ms 5070, f.244r (15th century)

Possible options :
- bi-colored possible in the 14th century
- With or without lining
- Visible handmade seams
- Embroidery (14th) or decorative stitches
- Daggings on edges (crenellations, wavelets, oak leaf, etc)

Price from 49€ (wool with linen lining)

Linen coiff, common from the 12th century onwards.
It can be tied under the chin. Can be worn alone or with another headdress (straw hat, hood, etc.).

A two-piece model was used in the 13th and 14th centuries.

Sources :
- Maciejowski Bible
- Belgium Psalter, J. Paul Getty Museum, 1280

Possible option:
- Visible handmade seams
- Material: linen or hemp
- Colour : white or natural

Price : 15€

Simple hat that can cover the ears, worn in the 15th century.
Exposed hand-sewn seams.

Source :
- Regnault de Montauban, volume 3 (1451-1500) Ms-5074 Folio 21v

Price: 25€ from stock
or 30€ made to measure