English costume from prehistoric times to the end of the eighteenth century (1910)
Clinch, George, 1860-1921 · Chicago : A. C. McClurg; London, Methuen · leaf 107
head in a way suggestiveof the liripipe of later times. Some of the men wearconical caps of white colour with a green turned-upbrim. The soft material of which the pointed centreof the caps is composed is well indicated, and suggestssimilar head-dresses worn by the peasantry whichafterwards… … FOURTEENTH CENTURY COSTUME 47 of banded mail reaching a little below the knees andcontinuing without visible joints into close hoodsof mail. The head is protected by iron hats ofrather wide bell-like form, but close-fitting skull-caps of iron are also worn. Another decidedlycurious species of head…
Costume -- Great Britain · England -- Social life and customs
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