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History of Costume Illustrated Digital Vocabulary List CH 6
This is image is a painting from around 1450 called “Philosophy Presenting the Seven Liberal Arts to Boethius” from the manuscript The Consolation of Philosophy. The women are shown wearing several styles of fitted gowns some with sideless surcotes, and others with capes. They are wearing various types of headdresses including the hennin, a tall cone shaped hat, and wimples, with little hair showing. Some of the women pictured wear thin veils that cover their faces.
https://historyofeuropeanfashion.wordpress.com/2012/01/07/art-from-the-late-middle-ages/
