I was just thinking that very thing. Sort of romanticizing this apparently
"Bohemian" (in the hippy sense) woman.

On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 11:18 AM, Beth and Bob Matney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:

> It is interesting that all of the women's portraits of both manuscripts
> (the few that were there) show this. Much more variation in headgear in the
> men's portraits. Informal settings? Maybe to show an "unconventional"
> lifestyle? Hippies of the 13th C?
>
> Beth
>
>  Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2008 18:31:38 +0000
>> From: Anne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>
>> Probably not - a troubadour is a composer, and the vida, or biography,
>> of Castelloza says she was married.  But it was a fairly unconventional
>> thing for a woman to do, and who knows what later Venetians might have
>> thought she would have worn?
>>
>> Jean
>>
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