Given that the "Earliest Christians" didn't wear wimples... that sounds like nonsense to me.
Wimples developed late in the Middle Ages - when it started getting colder, for one thing. And I do remember someone (possibly on this list, years ago) commenting that it did indeed keep her much warmer. Anne On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 1:03 PM, Laurie Taylor <mazarineblu...@gmail.com> wrote: > Greetings all, > > I've been mulling this bit of trivia around in my head for the longest time. > I think I need to share it and see if any of you know of any support or > documentation for this information. > > "Most Unusual Concession to Modesty: The earliest Christians believed that > the Virgin Mary was impregnated through her ear and that other women as well > had used their ears as reproductive organs. For that reason, an exposed > female ear was considered no less an outrage than an exposed thigh, and a > woman would not appear in public unless clad in a tight-fitting wimple." > > Felton, Bruce, and Mark Fowler. "Part II, Behavior." The Best, Worst, and > Most Unusual: Noteworthy Achievements, Events, Feats and Blunders of Every > Conceivable Kind. New York: Galahad, 1994. 428. Print. > > So, the wimple had to develop for some reason. Is this reason believable? > Documentable? Are there any other reasons that would be more legitimate > based on available documentation? > > > Laurie Taylor > Phoenix > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
