Saturday, October 6, 2018

HEADDRESSES THAT COMMUNICATE

 

SECULAR WIMPLES INSPIRE THE BONNETS 

Portrait of a Woman with a Winged Bonnet by Roger van der Weyden, toward 1440zoom
 
 At the church of Saint-Nicolas des Champs, in the alcove devoted to saint Louise

They appear from the start...

    Painting at the museum of Sedan (in eastern France) / zoom

"Saint Vincent and the Blessed Louise de Marillac send the first two Daughters of Charity to Sedan in February 1641 and four others in July 1654 to direct the hospital endowed by Turenne [a famous general].



...and appear on images of nuns regardless of order...

The Mysteries of Paris by Eugène Sue, best-selling novel, 1848

Church of Saint-Bernard-la-Chapelle, toward 1860

Franco-Prussian war, 1870

A headline-grabbing story, 1901

...or make great photos:

J. Niepse, 1950 (Pinterest)

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