Behold, a veritable plethora of headband representations. - - Well, sort of.
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Several of these are pretty good, but the examples with helms and crowns are unclear. The example of the torse is a possibility. However, heraldic use depends on color, and the illustrated examples are all white.
All "1410" examples come from a single source. BGE Ms. fr. 190/1
This was the Duke of Berry's copy of Des cas des noble hommes et femmes.
Another potential connection to the Berry library.
All "1410-1414" examples come from BL Harley 4431. The Book of the Queen.
Previously cited regarding the half-arcaded pool with nine Muses.
Of all the various sources, the majority are from Paris and early in the 15th C.
The last example is clearly a headband. A character from many illustrations in UBH Cod. Pal. germ. 339. Parzival. If that is not sufficient to impart the idea of a headband, what is?
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Several of these are pretty good, but the examples with helms and crowns are unclear. The example of the torse is a possibility. However, heraldic use depends on color, and the illustrated examples are all white.
All "1410" examples come from a single source. BGE Ms. fr. 190/1
This was the Duke of Berry's copy of Des cas des noble hommes et femmes.
Another potential connection to the Berry library.
All "1410-1414" examples come from BL Harley 4431. The Book of the Queen.
Previously cited regarding the half-arcaded pool with nine Muses.
Of all the various sources, the majority are from Paris and early in the 15th C.
The last example is clearly a headband. A character from many illustrations in UBH Cod. Pal. germ. 339. Parzival. If that is not sufficient to impart the idea of a headband, what is?
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