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  2. Almuce - Wikipedia

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    An almuce was a hood-like shoulder cape worn as a choir vestment in the Middle Ages, especially in England. Initially, it was worn by the general population. [ 1 ] It found lasting use by certain canons regular , such as the white almutium worn on the arm by Premonstratensian canons.

  3. Paludamentum - Wikipedia

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    Bust of Septimius Severus wearing a paludamentum. Glyptothek, Munich. In Republican and Imperial Rome, the paludamentum (pl. paludamenta) was a cloak or cape fastened at one shoulder, worn by military commanders (e.g., the legatus) and rather less often by their troops.

  4. List of medieval armour components - Wikipedia

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    Extra plate that covers the front of the shoulder and the armpit, worn over top of a pauldron. Rerebrace or brassart or upper cannon (of vambrace) Plate that covers the section of upper arm from elbow to area covered by shoulder armour. Besagew: Circular plate that covers the armpit, typically worn with spaulders. See also rondel.

  5. Tabard - Wikipedia

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    A 20th-century English herald's tabard. A tabard is a type of short coat that was commonly worn by men during the late Middle Ages and early modern period in Europe. Generally worn outdoors, the coat was either sleeveless or had short sleeves or shoulder pieces.

  6. Chaperon (headgear) - Wikipedia

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    Chaperon is a diminutive of chape, which derives, like the English cap, cape and cope, from the Late Latin cappa, which already could mean cap, cape or hood ().. The tail of the hood, often quite long, was called the tippit [2] or liripipe in English, and liripipe or cornette in French.

  7. Early medieval European dress - Wikipedia

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    King Lothair I is shown in a cloak fastened on one shoulder worn over a long-sleeved tunic and cross-gartered hose, c. 850. The primary garment was the tunic — generally a long fabric panel, folded over with a neck-hole cut into the fold, and sleeves attached. It was typical for the wealthy to display their affluence with a longer tunic made ...

  8. 1500–1550 in European fashion - Wikipedia

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    Portrait of a German woman, wears a black round shoulder-capelet Partlet, circa 1525. In the first half of the 16th century, German dress varied widely from the costume worn in other parts of Europe. Skirts were cut separately from bodices, though often were sewn together, and the open-fronted gown laced over a kirtle with a wide band of rich ...

  9. 1300–1400 in European fashion - Wikipedia

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    As with today, a medieval woman had many options- from straw hats, to hoods to elaborate headpieces. A woman's activity and occasion would dictate what she wore on her head. The Middle Ages, particularly the 14th and 15th centuries, were home to some of the most outstanding and gravity-defying headwear in history.