I’m also encluding some examples of hoods being worn in the “chaperone” style, as they sometimes provide good construction-related details. Additional pictures can be found here as well.
October (fol. 10v) and November (fol. 11v), The Fécamp Psalter (KB 76 F 13), c. 1180
Ruth dines with Boaz, The Maciejowski Bible (PML M.638, fol. 17v), 1240s:
Several men wear hoods, pulled back, with center-seamed white linen coifs covering their heads.
Manoah in the Psalter of St. Louis (BNF Lat. 10525, fol. 55v),
13th century; button-front hood (but could it be a hooded courtepy?)
The Konstanz-Weingartner Liederhandschrift, 1290-1320: Ulrich von Gutenburg wears a red hood lined in green fabric, matching his green-lined red tunic.
The illustrations of Der tugendhafte Schreiber (fol. 305r) and Der Kol von Nüssen (fol. 396r) in the Manesse Codex (UBH Cod. Pal. germ. 848), 1300-1330, show two different styles of wearing similar hoods; in the former, fur-lined hoods are worn as chaperons, with a decoration at center front of the roll, whereas the latter wears the hood more conventionally, over a coif.
The feast of Job in a Bible historiale (BNF Fr. 164, fol. 158v), 14th century; note what appears to be a single button under the chin, as well as a folded-back section at the top of the head (H/T Miriam Griffiths on the folio correction)
The Luttrell Psalter (Brit. Lib. MS. ADD. 42130), c. 1325-1335 Working men in several illustrations seem to be wearing fairly simple hoods; the length of the tails and cowls varies quite a bit.
There are several examples of dagged and/or embroidered (?) hoods in a 14th century Belgian book of Arthurian legends (BNF Fr. 122), 1344; use Mandragore to search for Cote Français 122
Fols. 4r, 25v, 40r, 44r, 52r, 56r, 59v, 109r, 113v, and 133v, Voeux du paon (PML G.24), c. 1350; notice contrasting lining in hoods, variety in dags, and unusual methods of wearing or draping the hood.
Le Roman de la rose, c. 1350 This illustration shows men wearing hoods with contrasting lining; one is worn with a brooch or ornament of some sort, another has an embroidered (?) pattern above a feathery dagged edge.
The Book of Modus and Ratio (BNF Richelieu Fr. 12399), 1379: Men frequently depicted wearing hoods; the tails of some hoods are wrapped around the back of the head, or around the head; in some cases, there is a cap worn on top of the hood. A few examples of men wearing buttoned hoods.
Illustration from the Roman de la Rose, 1380 Narcissus is wearing a hood; about all that is visible of it is the extraordinarily long liripipe/tail at the back.
The Book of King Modus and Queen Ratio (BNF Fr. 22545), end of the 14th century 72: Notice that the men's hoods match their tunics.
Laborer, Liber de Moribus hominum (BNF Fr. 1166, fol. 28v), end of the 14th century or beginning of the 15th century
The face opening seems to be folded back, and there is a U-shaped dagging along the bottom edge.
De mulieribus claris (BNF Fr. 598), beginning of the 15th century, shows several men in hoods, frequently with round dagging.
Several of the huntsmen in The Book of the Hunt (BNF Fr. 616), beginning of the 15th century, are wearing hoods, many of which have dagged edges.
April, Les Tres Riches Heures du Duc de Berry, 1412-1416
Peasants harvesting letters in a border, including one who seems to be wearing a thrummed cap over his hood, the Hours of Marguerite d'Orleans (BNF Lat. 1156B, fol. 135r), c. 1426
Many of the 15th century workmen in the Mendel Hausbuch are wearing plain hoods.
The Nativity by Robert Campin, 1420-25 St. Joseph has pushed back his hood around his shoulders; the shepherds wear hoods too.
The Decameron (BNF Arsenal 5070), 1432 108v: Fra Puccio wears a blue hood. 215v: Men's hoods worn as chaperons/wrapped about the head. 223v: Cisti the baker wears his blue hood in the conventional manner, contrasting with the wealthier man wearing a chaperon. 304r: A red hood worn under a fur hat, and a blue hood wrapped around like a chaperon. 347v: Two men wearing hoods, one of whom puts his on in the middle of the narrative.
Suche a stinke in the chapell he hade, That dwelle ther he ne myghte. He stopput his nase with his hude; Nerre the chapell dur he yode, Anturs for to lere.
Seven Sacraments Altarpiece by Rogier van der Weyden, 1445-50
The chaperons and hoods in this detail of the left-side panel provide good details of various dagging styles
The Great Book of Hours of Anne of Brittany (BNF Lat. 9474), c. 1503-1508 January (fol. 4r): a man wears a hood over a cloak but under a hat February (fol. 5r): a subtle pattern (brocade?) on a hood worn with a hat
Women’s Hoods
One thing I’ve noticed: I can find no examples in period illustrations of a woman wearing a dagged hood. Sure, I’ve seen them in dagged sleeves, and even in one example, a gown with a dagged bottom hemline – but no dagged hoods.
I’ve found a few literary references, though. Margery Kempe, in a section of her writings posted as an inset further down on this page, describes herself (“this creature”) as having been proud and vain, and wearing hoods with dagged tippets. (As discussed elsewhere on this site, it seems that “tippets” refer to the long tail of a hood, rather than sleeve-streamers.)
The Maciejowski Bible, 1240s Boaz encounters Ruth (fol. 17v): Farmworker picking up grain (lower central part of illustration); notice white linen head-wrap worn under the hood.
Manesse Codex (UBH Cod. Pal. germ. 848), 1300-1330: A woman observing the tournament of Albrecht Marschall von Rapperswil (fol. 192v) wears a fur-lined open hood; a woman observing the tournament of Johann von Ringgenberg (fol. 190v) seems to have a hood perched on top of her head.
The Luttrell Psalter (British Library MS. ADD. 42130), c. 1325-1335: Some of the women (like the milkmaid in fol. 163v) wear open hoods, sometimes over a veil
Coronation of Clarette, Parfait du Paon (BNF Fr. 12565, fol. 257), mid-14th century; Clarette wears a buttoned hood, and another lady wears her hood draped over her shoulders
Some of the women in Le Roman de la Rose (University of Chicago Library ), c. 1365, wear open hoods, some of which seem to have buttons; see fols. 80r, 81r, and 83r, for example.
Tacuinum Sanitatis, 15th century (BNF Nouvelle acquisition latine 1673), c. 1390-1400: Celery (fol. 28v); Hissop (fol. 29v); Marjoram (fol. 30)
Bible historiale by Guiard des Moulins, beginning of the 15th century The Judgment of Solomon (BNF Fr. 10, fol. 318): Two women wear open hoods. Birth of Israel (BNF Fr. 10, fol. 444): One woman's headdress looks like an open hood worn over a veil and wimple. Abraham travels (BNF Fr. 9, fol. 19): Sarah wears an open hood.
A shepherdess in the Rohan Hours (BNF Lat. 9471, fol. 85v); a bright red lining on the black hood
And, whan this creatur was thus gracyowsly comen ageyn to hir mende, sche thowt sche was bowndyn to God and that sche wold ben his servawnt. Nevyrthelesse, sche wold not leevyn hir pride ne hir pompows aray that sche had usyd befortym, neithyr for hyr husbond ne for noon other mannys cownsel. And yet sche wyst ful wel that men seyden hir ful mech velany, for sche weryd gold pypys on hir hevyd and hir hodys wyth the typettys were daggyd. Hir clokys also wer daggyd and leyd wyth dyvers colowrs betwen the daggys that it schuld be the mor staryng to mennys sygth and hirself the mor ben worshepd.
Lust, a book of hours (PML M.1001, fol. 98r), c. 1475
Two women in open hoods, a book of hours (PML M.1001, fol. 48r), c. 1475
Open hoods on fols. 1v, 3v, 6v, and 20v of the Hours of Charles d’Angoulême, c. 1475-1500; the white band underneath may actually be this sort of coif
More open hoods of a few different styles on fols. 24r, 45r, 48r, 67v, 76v, 77r, 109v of Le roman de la rose (Douce 195), end of the 15th century. Notice the “winged” look on some of the hoods; others seem more loose, without the stiff shapes along the sides. Again, this style of coif seems to be worn under the hood in many of these illustrations. In fol. 66v, the hood is lying on the floor, giving an unusual view of an empty hood, though it may be more like the headwear shown on fol. 11v and 114r.
