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wimples (headcloths)


Identification code: 300212997



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  • wimple

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Soft headcloths, especially of linen or silk, wrapped around the throat and passing under the chin from one side of the head to the other, and pinned to a band, hat or the hair. Of a type originating in the Medieval period and retained by nuns of various religions to the present day.

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