Thank you for the book name. I am decended from her so I will have to pick up a
copy. :)
From: Patricia Dunham
To: Historical Costume
Sent: Sat, August 28, 2010 1:07:27 AM
Subject: Re: [h-cost] Name of horned 14th century headdress?
It could be a form of
It could be a form of "minotaur"? See the last illustration on this page:
http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=abbott&book=richard2&story=anne
Extremely Victorian drawing style! and apparently from a Victorian era
children's history book. A couple really look like bull's horns, and my
I am listening to Alison Weir's biography of Katherine Sywnford. She
mentions that Anne of Bohemia (future wife of Richard II) introduced the
horned headdress to England at the time. I don't have the actual book but
the word sounds like moonatire??? Anyone know what the word is?
Thanks,
Saragra
