Katherine Barich, who many of you probably know from other the Ren Tailor and German Ren lists, has found a very interesting find! She has given me permission to repost this message. Sg ________________________________________ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Katherine Barich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2007 12:49 AM Subject: [TheRenTailor] The Attifet revisted I hope I didn't send this twice...) - but for SG :) I have finally found a period citation to the word attifet - in Italian, no less. I found the citation listed in "Glossaire Archeologique du Moyen Age et de la Renaissance" by Victor Gay. Vecellio lists the term in his description of the noble women of Paris. I've translated for us, but still am learning Italian. I continue to work on finding more information on the oreillette and have had some success, but will wait until I firm up my ideas a bit more. Here's the quote from page 82 (note the one t) "Atifet - Cette coiffure sévère, portée par la veuve de Henri II et les dames nobles de Paris jusqu'a la fin du XVIe siècle, rehaussait par deux petites arcades les cotés du front et couvrait la chevelure d'un voile retombant sur les épaules. 1590 - Le nobili matrone di Parigi non si lasciano veder il viso ... la lor acconciatura di testa e chiamata l'atifetto, il quale fa due archi dall parte de fronte, coperto di un veletto attaccato con una punta sopra i capelli del fronte, e poi cade sopra le spalle, e sotto di esso veletto si vedon i capelli ricci ben accommodati (Vecellio, t. II, p 238, edit. Didot.) [Atifet - This severe coiffure, worn by the widow of Henri II and the noble ladies of Paris around the end of the 16th century, elevated by two small arcs on either sids of the front and covering the hair with a veil falling to the shoulders.] [The noble matrons of Paris do not let their faces be seen...they arrange a style on the head and call it the atifetto, which has two archs on either side of the front, covered with a small veil attached to a point above the hair in the front, and then falls to above the shoulders, and beneath the small veil their curly hair is quite accommodated.] Katherine __._,_.___ Messages in this topic (0) Reply (via web post) | Start a new topic Messages | Files | Photos | Links | Database | Polls | Members | Calendar This egroup is based on the website http://www.vertetsable.com - more commonly known as The Renaissance Tailor; Recreating 16th and 17th Century Clothing. Change settings via the Web (Yahoo! ID required) Change settings via email: Switch delivery to Daily Digest | Switch format to Traditional Visit Your Group | Yahoo! Groups Terms of Use | Unsubscribe Recent Activity 3 New Photos Visit Your Group SPONSORED LINKS Vin history Comfort suite at living history farm Living history Vin history report Apprentice LA Who will be next? Play the Bix.com faceoff to see! Yahoo! News Odd News You won't believe it, but it's true Yahoo! TV Love TV? Listings, picks news and gossip. __,_._,___ _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
