16-05-2019, 07:39 AM
I would expect a more visible tonsure were these to be monks.
I think the hair is important but how to analyse?
There are two possibilities :they are a fashion statement (as
always, it depends upon the date of creation as hair styles changed dramatically) or they are cultural references (monks or figures of antiquity).
So... Are H and T typically depicted with short hair? Or are we looking at English men, who tended to wear their hair shorter to distinguish themselves from the Irish and Normans?
Or can we even say that we can see short hair at the front and the root forms a pony tail?
I think the hair is important but how to analyse?
There are two possibilities :they are a fashion statement (as
always, it depends upon the date of creation as hair styles changed dramatically) or they are cultural references (monks or figures of antiquity).
So... Are H and T typically depicted with short hair? Or are we looking at English men, who tended to wear their hair shorter to distinguish themselves from the Irish and Normans?
Or can we even say that we can see short hair at the front and the root forms a pony tail?