Here's a Franciscan monk c. 1430s, English:
![[Image: c85541d97991b0979ff15d441708f2c9.jpg]](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/c8/55/41/c85541d97991b0979ff15d441708f2c9.jpg)
Francesco d'Este, c. 1460
![[Image: 7ad88345f44e89c94fa65a90ff62d004.jpg]](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/7a/d8/83/7ad88345f44e89c94fa65a90ff62d004.jpg)
England, c. 1480, don't know if this is a layperson, nobility, or cleric but probably nobility or professional (craftsman? does the ring/hammer suggest a goldsmith?):
![[Image: 9c66938867eba34951cc332b69d3acbe--renais...ntings.jpg]](https://i.pinimg.com/474x/9c/66/93/9c66938867eba34951cc332b69d3acbe--renaissance-portraits-renaissance-paintings.jpg)
From looking at a few of these (not a lot), I'm guessing above the ears is usually a monk and covering the ears, non-monk.
Francesco d'Este, c. 1460
England, c. 1480, don't know if this is a layperson, nobility, or cleric but probably nobility or professional (craftsman? does the ring/hammer suggest a goldsmith?):
From looking at a few of these (not a lot), I'm guessing above the ears is usually a monk and covering the ears, non-monk.