COIFFES

 

SECULAR WIMPLES INSPIRE THE SPECTACULAR HEADDRESSES OF THE DAUGHTERS OF CHARITY

Portrait of a woman with a winged bonnet by Roger van der Weyden, toward 1440, zoom

 

 At the church of Saint-Nicolas des Champs, in the alcove devoted to saint Louise

Vincent de Paul designs them. 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].

• Are shown on images of nuns regardless of order.

Les Mystères de 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

• Are excellent communication: Today we would say part of a brand.

J. Niepse, 1950 (Pinterest)

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