|Art
|Literature =
* Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica (731AD) refers to a girl who wears a linen headdress being miraculously cured ([OWEN-CROCKER 2004, : p.158)]
|Archaeology =
* Winchester (850-900AD) extremely rich veil edged with gold braid ([OWEN-CROCKER 2004, : p.158)]
|Discussion =
Walton Rogers discusses the use of the roman ‘pallium’ from the late Roman period to the 8th century [WALTON ROGERS 2007: p.176], She makes a theoretical argument for its use in England. She also shows images from the C8th Stuttgart psalter to support her argument.
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===…worn open at the throat and back on the head===
{{Guide2|1|Optional|3|Unacceptable}}
{{Evidence
|Art =
* Rothbury (early C9th) Woman with open veil and visible hair. ([OWEN-CROCKER 2004, : p.159)]
|Literature =
* Aldhelm DeVirginitate (c.700AD) refers to extravagant headdress that hang from a fillet to the ankle ([OWEN-CROCKER 2004, : p.136) ] He also condemns curled hair at the forehead that implies that the wimple was worn further back than latter head coverings ([OWEN-CROCKER 2004, : p.158)].
|Archaeology
|Discussion
===...worn closed at the neck with a brooch===
{{Guide3|2|Encouraged|1|Allowable|1|Unacceptable}}
{{Evidence
|Art =
* BL MS Cotton Galba A XVIII - Aethelstan Psalter (before 939AD).
* Stuttgart Psalter, C8th ([WALTON ROGERS 2007, : p.176)]
* Franks Casket, Early C8th
|Literature =
* Psychomachia ([OWEN-CROCKER 2004, : p.213)]
|Archaeology
|Discussion =
==Veil==
''A long strip of cloth that can either be worn on its own or under a separate wimple''
{{Guide2|1|Allowable|3|Encouraged}}
{{Evidence
|Art =
* [[T-M#T86|T86]]:66v
|Literature
|Archaeology=* Dublin, Ireland: One large silk fragment was found (DHC17) which is described as a veil-type cloth by Wincott Heckett. It was 87cm (minimum) long and 24cm wide and had been dyed purple with lichen. [WINCOTT HECKETT 2003:p.29] The width of this fragment is however too small to be the garment depicted in the art work which covers the entire head.
|Discussion =
AS artists occasionally depict full flamboyant veils, two good examples include Luna and Pride. Both show their veils “cascading in great, wind-swept arcs” around their heads. Veils are also used to add “rank or dignity” to images of Mary or of nuns [OWEN-CROCKER 2005: p.51].<br>
“The foremost figure in a group of women addressed by Aldhelm in an illustrated version of his poems in Bodleian Library MS 577 (27645) fol. 1v, wears a scarf or veil under the hood. The two loose ends pass, together, from under the hood at the front, before separating and extending under the outstretched arms. “ (G. R. OWEN 1976, p.470 referring to T57:f1v)<br>
}}
==References==
{{Ref|Owen-Crocker 2004}}
{{Ref|Owen-Crocker 2005}}
{{Ref|Walton Rogers 2007}}
{{Ref|Wincott Heckett 2003}}
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