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| ] as a child by ], 1538. He wears a linen coif under a cloth-of-gold coif and a feathered hat.]] | ] as a child by ], 1538. He wears a linen coif under a cloth-of-gold coif and a feathered hat.]] | ||
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| The ] of ] includes a coif as a headpiece, along with the white cotton cap secured by a ], a white ] or guimpe of starched linen, cotton, or (today) polyester to cover the cheeks and neck, and is sometimes covered by a thin layer of black ]. | The ] of ] includes a coif as a headpiece, along with the white cotton cap secured by a ], a white ] or guimpe of starched linen, cotton, or (today) polyester to cover the cheeks and neck, and is sometimes covered by a thin layer of black ]. | ||
| A ] law school honor society, the ], is named after this use of the coif. | A ] law school honor society, the ], is named after this use of the coif. | ||
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| *George Wingfield Digby. ''Elizabethan Embroidery.'' New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1964. | *George Wingfield Digby. ''Elizabethan Embroidery.'' New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1964. | ||
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A coif (Template:Pron-en) is a close fitting cap that covers the top, back, and sides of the head.
Coifs were worn by all classes in England and Scotland from the Middle Ages to the early seventeenth century (and later as an old-fashioned cap for countrywomen and young children).
Tudor (later Stewart in Scotland) and earlier coifs are usually made of unadorned white linen and tie under the chin. In the Elizabethan and early Jacobean eras, coifs were frequently decorated with blackwork embroidery and lace edging.
Coifs were also worn by an extinct senior grade of English lawyer, the Serjeant-at-Law.
The religious habit of Catholic nuns includes a coif as a headpiece, along with the white cotton cap secured by a bandeau, a white wimple or guimpe of starched linen, cotton, or (today) polyester to cover the cheeks and neck, and is sometimes covered by a thin layer of black crape.
A United States law school honor society, the Order of the Coif, is named after this use of the coif.
Coifs were worn under gable hoods and hats of all sorts, and alone as indoor headcoverings.
Coifs were also a type of armour, traditionally made of mail, which covered the head (face excluded), neck and shoulders.
In modern days, women of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints or FLDS are said to have worn this along with their conservative style of dress.
See also
References
- Oxford English Dictionary
- George Wingfield Digby. Elizabethan Embroidery. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1964.
External links
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