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A wimple is a medieval form of female headcovering, formed of a large piece of cloth worn draped around the neck and chin, covering the top of the head; it was usually made from white linen or silk. Its use developed in early medieval Europe; in medieval Christianity it was unseemly for a married woman to show her hair. A wimple might be ...
Polish nun wearing a white cornette and habit in 1939. A cornette is a piece of female headwear. It is essentially a type of wimple consisting of a large starched piece of white cloth that is folded upward in such a way as to create the resemblance of horns (French: cornes) on the wearer's head.
The Wimple. The wimple came into fashion during the Middle Ages, from about the 13 th century onward. All women of good breeding wore a wimple, and, later on it was retained for some time (through the 15 th century) for married women. The wimple was always worn with a veil.
A nun is depicted wearing a wimple with a black headdress overtop in this English Psalter from the mid- to late-13th century. Nuns were some of the few women who continued to wear wimples after the 15th century. Image courtesy of the British Library. Eventually the wimple fell out of favor.
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A nun’s wimple is the white linen head covering worn under the robes of a habit. Through history, habits and the associated wimples worn by nuns have varied based on cultural preferences and religious requirements.