1/21/2024 0 Comments Medieval hairdos![]() Only if you do this thoroughly, the hair stays fresh and does not smell after a day or two.Ī little excursion into growing your hair: Today, we usually wash our hair daily or every other day. The sebum is a natural conditioner for the hair but needs to be combed away from the scalp so it does not collect around the roots of the hair. ![]() The rougher side would be used to comb out knots, afterwards the fine side is used for combing out dust and dirt and spreading the body’s own grease (the so called Sebum), over the lengths of the hair. We have many finds of combs in this stye: Between washes, it was important to thoroughly comb the hair. In the early 13th century, ‘Wigalois’ says the following: „hie vor do zierten die man ir lip mit zöpfen sam nu diu wip, solhes sites nu niemen gert ir har geflohten unde reit, mit borten wol bewunden.“įor grooming the hair, there was several different procedures. „Und machten sey viel schön da her mit salben von capponer smer mit pürsten und auf machen sam sitt ist ze den sachen.“ Der bleicht es an der Sonn und feuwr – pfuch schand der teutschen nation, das die natur verdeckt wil hon“Īnd in the ‘Ring von Wittenweiler ‘ it is written: The moral writer Johann Geiler tells us: „Mit schwebel, hartz, bueffen das har, darinn schleget man eyerklar das es im schueffelkorb werd krausz, der hengt den kopff zum fenster ausz. In Chaucers Canterbury tales we can read: „ hair curled as though it had been pressed with irons“ „Habt ir niht geschouwet sine gewunden locke lange die da hangent verre vür daz kinne hin ze tal? in der huben liegent si es nahtes mit getwange und sint in der maze sam die kramesiden val von den snueren ist ez reit innerthalp der huben vollecliche hände breit so ez beginnet struben.“Īnd „er hat gewunden kruse valwe locke am ende widerstürzet: daz machet im diu hube mit den snueren.“ and „sin har daz ist geringelot, des nahtes wohl gesnüeret.“ In ‘Neidhart von Reuental’ we can read on the matter: You either had theses locks naturally or you could create them artificially. The beauty ideal for women was long, curly and blond hair and only clean, shiny and well groomed hair was considered beautiful. A hat is customary for almost all men, be it straw or felt or a coif like my colleague here or a variation of a male hairnet like the one I made for my colleague which you can see here in detail . The men wear their hair usually in chin lengt and often curled, sometimes with a pony in the front, but we occasionally also see short hair and longer hair . ![]() Especially the church is of course the happier, the less hair you can see. ![]() After the wedding or from a certain age on, it is customary to braid the hair and/or cover it with a veil. Open hair in public is a privilege of young and unmarried women though. On the few occasions, when we can see untamed hair of medieval women, we can see a pretty similar picture of how women cut their hair. Please do follow also the links in the text to find further reading material, original sources and intersting tutorials. I brought this to digital paper now to be able to link it in the future. On one of our events at the Museum Tiroler Bauernhöfe last weekend, I did a little lecture on hair care and hair dos as well as hair in general. by Rotschopf in Clothing, Hygiene and cosmetics, Tutorials, Women's stuff Hair care and hair dos in the 14th century
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