What did Josquin wear on his head?

Started by Justin Ignaz Franz Bieber, August 09, 2007, 11:23:45 PM

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Justin Ignaz Franz Bieber

I've seen a few pictures of Josquin dez Prez & in every one he's wearing something on his head that looks like a turban. Why though, when he was from Flanders?
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71 dB

Quote from: biber fan on August 09, 2007, 11:23:45 PM
I've seen a few pictures of Josquin dez Prez & in every one he's wearing something on his head that looks like a turban. Why though, when he was from Flanders?

Perhaps he was bald and ashamed of that?
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The Mad Hatter

Damnit, I thought this was going to be a joke...

Mark G. Simon

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Josquin appears to be wearing a Chaperon, a type of headgear popular back then.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaperon_(headgear)

(I haven't had any success getting this link to work. You'll have to google Chaperon (headgear) yourself to get the article)

Chaperon (IPA: [??æp??ro?n]; Middle French: chaperon) was a form of hood or, later, highly versatile hat worn in all parts of Western Europe in the Middle Ages. Initially a utilitarian garment, it first grew a long partly decorative tail behind, and then developed into a complex, versatile and expensive headgear after what was originally the vertical opening for the face began to be used as a horizontal opening for the head. It was especially fashionable in mid-15th century Burgundy, before gradually falling out of fashion in the late 15th century and returning to its utilitarian status. It is the most commonly worn male headgear in Early Netherlandish painting, but its complicated construction is often misunderstood.


karlhenning

Quote from: 71 dB on August 10, 2007, 03:06:30 AM
Perhaps he was bald and ashamed of that?

Is that why Finns wear hats?

In lots of other places, headwear is actually a subset of fashion  8)

karlhenning

Chaperon

Somehow the forum software drops the close-parens.

karlhenning

QuoteLittle Red Riding Hood is Le Petit Chaperon rouge in the earliest published version, by Charles Perrault

71 dB

Quote from: karlhenning on August 10, 2007, 04:59:28 AM
Is that why Finns wear hats?

Finns wear hats because it's cold up here in the north.  ;)
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Hector

Looks like a dead cat.

Did the Flems hate cats?

Josquin des Prez


pjme



in Flanders we love our cats! This is my brothers cat "Arthur", listening to Stravinsky's Petrouchka with the newest Cat-pod.

karlhenning

In Flanders we love our cats,
And we never wear them as hats!

pjme

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In Flanders we love our cats,
And we never wear them as hats

I must admit "only very rarely" - par exemple, when we are going to the opera!

The Mad Hatter

Quote from: Josquin des Prez on August 10, 2007, 06:33:28 AM
Take that back, now.  >:(

Judging by your avatar, you're right. It looks more like he got stuck walking through a curtain, and pulled it down on his head as he freed himself.

pjme


You can make your own chaperon!

http://lerozier.free.fr/chaperon.htm

Good luck!

karlhenning

Quote from: The Mad Hatter on August 10, 2007, 04:20:21 AM
Damnit, I thought this was going to be a joke...

This is so your thread, Hatter  8)

johnQpublic

Gee, I thought Josquin was "futuristic" in that he was wearing what is today called  a "doorag"


Larry Rinkel

Quote from: johnQpublic on August 10, 2007, 08:12:32 AM
Gee, I thought Josquin was "futuristic" in that he was wearing what is today called  a "doorag"



I'm glad this discussion is supplanting the Elgar thread.

johnQpublic

Supplanting? No, more like paralleling.

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