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<p>[QUOTE="Victor_Clark, post: 25177364, member: 10613"][ATTACH=full]1604170[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>If the use of the word turban to describe what Tancred is wearing doesn't seem to fit, use the word <i>chaperon</i>. What is a chaperon...a French "turban". In the 12th century, peasants wore this headgear in the fields to keep the sun off. Initially, it was more of a hood, but evolved. It would be exactly the type of headgear a knight from France would wear to the Mid East to keep the sun from baking his head. So Tancred is most likely wearing something similar; which he would have probably called a chaperon. </p><p><br /></p><p>Some later examples of this turban--</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1604171[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1604172[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1604173[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Victor_Clark, post: 25177364, member: 10613"][ATTACH=full]1604170[/ATTACH] If the use of the word turban to describe what Tancred is wearing doesn't seem to fit, use the word [I]chaperon[/I]. What is a chaperon...a French "turban". In the 12th century, peasants wore this headgear in the fields to keep the sun off. Initially, it was more of a hood, but evolved. It would be exactly the type of headgear a knight from France would wear to the Mid East to keep the sun from baking his head. So Tancred is most likely wearing something similar; which he would have probably called a chaperon. Some later examples of this turban-- [ATTACH=full]1604171[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1604172[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1604173[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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