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horned head-dress [1 record]

Record 1 1999-02-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Period Costumes (Museums and Heritage)
  • Hair Styling
DEF

An elaborate headdress of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries [that] developed fantastic two-horned shapes and was finally supplanted by the tall hennin.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Costumes anciens (Muséologie et Patrimoine)
  • Coiffure
DEF

coiffures à cornes : Hautes coiffures de femmes de la fin du XIVe et du premier tiers du XVe siècle auxquelles on a improprement appliqué parfois le nom de hennin.

Spanish

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