On Mon, 10 Oct 2005, Jean Waddie wrote: > I recently had to straighten out a confusion, because Early Medieval > (Viking/Saxon/Norman) re-enactors generally use the word wimple for a > single piece headcovering that wraps and drapes round head and > shoulders, while 14th/15th century types use it for the specific item > covering the neck, worn with a separate veil. Someone asked for > instructions for one, and got instructions for the other, which made > no sense to them at all!
I bumped into this very difference when editing an article by my colleague, Gale Owen-Crocker, who works on Anglo-Saxon dress. My experience is mostly in 14th c. We used the word differently, just as you descibed, and went round and round for a while till we sorted it out. --Robin _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
