Women's Hoods of the Bayeux Tapestry

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Aelfgyva in the Bayeux Tapestry Fleeing Woman in the Bayeux Tapestry Years ago I tried to adjust a "standard" hood pattern (see table on the next page) to make one of these hoods. The attempt was an abysmal failure - the "standard" hood patterns aim to be flat across the bust & shoulders, they have none of the folds seen in the above pictures. 2
Standard Hoods as described by I. Marc Carlson http://www.personal.utulsa.edu/%7Emarc-carlson/cloth/hoods.html According to the typology given in Nockert, Type 1 Hoods are typified as "Hood and liripipe cut in one piece. Tailored neck seam. Large cape (about 30 cm long) with diagonally cut line in the center, front and back. Gore inserted in the middle of both front and back. Wide neck (65 cm approx). Long liripipe (90 cm). Liripipe 3.5 cm wide." There is one example of this type of hood; the Bocksten hood. 1 According to the typology given in Nockert, Type 2 Hoods are typified as "Hood cut in two equal parts, with a tailored, slightly ridged seam above the skull. Upper part of liripipe usually cut in one piece with the hood. Large cape (20- 33 cm long). Long liripipe (60-84 cm). Liripipe width varies between 1.4 and 5 cm." There is also a gore in the front, and sometimes in the back, and a somewhat tailored neck seam. This group is made up from four hoods from Herjolfsnes, and comprises Norlund's "Type I": no. 65, no. 66, no. 67, and no. 70. The major difference between the Nockert Type 1 and 2 is the existance of a seam separating the side pieces. 2 According to the typology given in Nockert, Type 3 Hoods are typified as "Hood cut in two equal parts, with a seam above the skull. Liripipe cut separately. Short cape (10-15 cm long) with diagonally cut neck and gore inserted on each shoulder. Narrow Neck (43-47 cm). Liripipe length varies between 47 and 68 cm, width 2-6 cm." This group is made up from eleven hoods from Herjolfsnes, and comprises Norlund's "Type II": no. 65, no. 71, no. 72, no. 73, no. 75, no. 76, no. 77, no. 78, no. 79, and no. 80. Cutting the hood as a piece with the liripipe would then include London Hood no.174. 3 This hood type is not seen in Nockert's Typology. There are two examples of a Type 4 hood; the London Hood no.246/BC72 , and London Hood no.247 4 1 http://www.personal.utulsa.edu/%7Emarc-carlson/cloth/hoodtp1.html 2 http://www.personal.utulsa.edu/%7Emarc-carlson/cloth/hoodtp2.html 3 http://www.personal.utulsa.edu/%7Emarc-carlson/cloth/hoodtp3.html 4 http://www.personal.utulsa.edu/%7Emarc-carlson/cloth/hoodtp4.html 3
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