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One of the relics associated with St. Bridget of Sweden, aka Birgitta of Vadstena (1303-1373), is a simple linen cap.
An article on St. Birgitta’s cap in Medieval Clothing and Textiles 4 has inspired re-creations have been produced by re-enactors all over the world, including
Sarah A.,
Cathrin Åhlén,
Laurel Black,
Ragnhild Dalheim,
Viktoria Holmqvist,
Joanna L.,
Elina,
Ellen Hyde,
Ilish,
Amanda Marksdottir,
Åsa Martinsson,
Edyth Miller,
Vanessa Nessayem,
Catharina Oksen,
Esperanza de Navarra,
Miriam Pike,
Isis Sturtewagen,
Wenny,
Nesta verch Wyn,
Sarai Tindall,
and Tempora Nostra.
Additional line drawings relating to the original medieval coif can be found at the websites of the Middelaldercentret or at Some Clothing of the Middle Ages.
Following are additional medieval illustrations showing women wearing caps that resemble St. Birgitta's coif.
- The Maciejowski Bible (PML M.638), c. 1250, fols.
4v,
7v,
8v,
9r,
10v,
15v,
16r,
17v,
18r,
19v,
33v,
38r,
41v,
42v
- August (Virgo), a book of hours (ÖNB 1898, fol. 8r), c. 1265-1275
- Psalter of St. Louis (BNF Latin 10525), c. 1270, fols.
29v,
33v,
63v,
67v
- Margin illustration, a psalter (PML M.98, fol. 16r), c. 1275-1299
- Breviary (KB 76 J 18), c. 1275-1300, fols.
210v,
211r,
211v
- The Murthly Hours (NLS 21000), 1280s, fols.
4r,
35v,
44r,
61r,
84r,
162r,
172r,
185v,
199r
- Margin illustration, Psalter-Hours of Yolande de Soissons (PML M.729, fol. 71r), c. 1280-1299
- Massacre of the Innocents, Dädesjö Church, Småland, late 13th century
- Somme le Roi (Bibl. Mazarine 870) (fol. 147), 1295, fols.
64v,
147,
179,
- Servant-women in profane love scenes of bathing and spouses retired to bed by Memmo di Filippuccio, c. 1306
- Pharaoh’s daughter finds Moses, the Chertsey Abbey Breviary (Bodl. Lat. liturg. d. 42, fol. 6r), c. 1307-1325
- The Queen Mary Psalter (British Library Royal 2 B VII), c. 1310-1320, fols. 9r, 9v, 10r, 10v, 13r, 13v, 22v, 28r, 33r, 40r, 42v, 45v, 47r, 47v, 48r, 48v, 52r, 63v, 65r, 74v, 75r, 77v, 156r, 158r, 178v, 181v, 264v. Sometimes the lady's coif is worn on its own, sometimes the coif is worn with a fillet & barbette. It may also serve as a support under a veil (e.g. fol. 151r) or a veil and wimple (e.g. fols. 56v/57r).
- Kalila va Dimna (BNF Latin 8504), 1313, fols.
23,
31v,
32,
45v,
50v,
56v,
56v,
63v,
110,
151v,
163,
166,
167v
- Border with a unicorn hunt, a psalter (Douce 5, fol. 74r), c. 1320-1330
- Abishag at the bed of old David, Bible Historiale (The Hague, KB, 71 A 23, fol. 164r),
c. 1320-40
- Blessed Agostino Novello Altarpiece by Simone Martini, 1324
- The family of Noah, wall-painting at Kirkerup, c. 1325
- The Nativity, c. 1328-1350
- Charity of St. Nicholas by Bartolo di Fredi, c. 1350-1375
- Linen clothing and
hyssop (fol. 33r),
Tacuinum Sanitatis (ÖNB Codex Codex Vindobonensis, series nova 2644), c. 1370-1400
- Chestnuts (fol. 11),
fresh cheese (fol. 58v),
bathing (fol. 97),
Tacuinum Sanitatis (BNF NAL 1673), c. 1390-1400
- Birth and Naming of St. John by Fra Filippo Lippi, c. 1452-1465
- King Rex’s prisoners, Les Cent Nouvelles Nouvelles (Glasgow Univ. Hunter 252, fol. 186r), c. 1475-1500
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