Apart from the padded roll Sharon suggested, or a foofy feathered hat like
Ms April from the Tres Riche Heures, you're going to run into problems
finding some commonly worn head covering that _doesn't_ cover the ears! But
if all the members of your group have longish hair, you could go for the
maiden look, with an uncovered head and nicely braided hair.
If you go that route, I think your best bet would be this sort of thing:
http://snipurl.com/1p9xy
http://www.nd.edu/~medvllib/daylife/tac1995/79v-1L.jpg
http://www.godecookery.com/tacuin/tacuin22.htm
where a braid on each side of the back wraps around to the front and over
the top-front of the head, sort of like a headband; the ends are tucked in.
For very long hair, you can cross the braids in back before wrapping them,
which is probably more accurate. The style can be done even with shortish
hair, though, if you french braid each side from the back to the front. In
fact, you don't need to braid it at all; just wrap it:
http://www.encyclopedie-universelle.com/images/abricot-tacuinum-sanitatis-codex-vienne.jpg
It's more of a stereotypically Italian look, at least for the early 15thC,
but later in the 15thC pops up with relative frequency around the western
part of the continent.
-E House
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