Fillet (Clothing) Information
A fillet was originally worn in classical antiquity, especially in the Hellenic Culture. At that time, a fillet was a very narrow band of cloth, leather or some form of garland, and they were frequently worn by athletes.
Later, in medieval times, a fillet was a type of headband worn by unmarried women, in certain monkhoods, usually with a wimple.[1] This is indicated in the sign language of said monks (who took oaths of silence), wherein a sweeping motion across the brow, in the shape of a fillet, indicated an unmarried woman.[1]
References
- ^ a b Netherton, Robin; Gale R. Owen-Crocker (2005). Medieval Clothing and Textiles. Boydell & Brewer. p. 49. http://books.google.com/books?id=_YYqcas7hD4C&pg=PA49&lpg=PA49&dq=fillet+headband+wimple+-wiki+-pedia+-encyclopedia+-gnu+-commons&source=bl&ots=WtWsjFi5HX&sig=WejoZWS-t8uBrll3Y1RsbiUYT6E&hl=en&ei=1McYTaHkCMGqlAe3ouiaDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBMQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=fillet%20headband%20wimple%20-wiki%20-pedia%20-encyclopedia%20-gnu%20-commons&f=false. Retrieved 2010-12-27.
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