Hoods
Extant Iron Age / Viking / Medieval Hoods
– Looking for the Evidence By Jennifer Baker ( Jenny Baker )
Research Disclaimer : Please note that This Research was done many years ago now :
so the information contained may now be out of date , photos gone missing or web links broken
My apologises : But It has become an impossible task to try and keep it up to date - Jenny
SUMMARY OF FINDS
Iron Age to Early Medieval : Total Number of hoods – 8
- Hoods with out tails / lirpipe – 7
- Hoods with tails / lirpipe – 1
- Hoods with no gores - 7
- Hoods with front gore – 0
- Hoods with Back gore – 0
- Hood with shoulder gores - 1
Early Medieval 8 - 11th c : Total Number of hoods – 5
- Hoods with out tails / lirpipe – 5
- Hoods with tails / lirpipe – 0
- Hoods with no gores - 4
- Hoods with front gore – 1
- Hoods with Back gore – 1
- Hood with shoulder gores - 0
High Medieval 12 - 14th c. : Total Number of hoods – 24
- Hoods with out tails / lirpipe – 1
- Hoods with tails / lirpipe – 23
- Hoods with no gores - 13
- Hoods with front gore – 6
- Hoods with Back gore – 0
- Hood with shoulder gores - 2
Iron Age to Early Medieval :
Total Number of hoods – 8
Hoods with out tails / lirpipe – 7
Hoods with tails / lirpipe – 1
Hoods with no gores - 7
Hoods with front gore – 0
Hoods with Back gore – 0
Hood with shoulder gores - 1
Early Medieval 8 - 11th c :
Total Number of hoods – 5
Hoods with out tails / lirpipe – 5
Hoods with tails / lirpipe – 0
Hoods with no gores - 4
Hoods with front gore – 1
Hoods with Back gore – 1
Hood with shoulder gores - 0
High Medieval 12 - 14th c. :
Total Number of hoods – 24
Hoods with out tails / lirpipe – 1
Hoods with tails / lirpipe – 23
Hoods with no gores - 13
Hoods with front gore – 6
Hoods with Back gore – 0
Hood with shoulder gores - 2
Thank you to the following people - For helping to case down, the details on some of the Hoods.
Cherilyn Fuhlbohm - Antioch New Varangian Guard
Andrea Willett – Dubh Linn New Varangian Guard
Sandy Sempel - Frojel Gotlantica Viking Re-enactment Society
Prof Lena Strid – Waterford & Oxford Archaeology
Web References :
The Surviving Garments Database
Sewing Stitches Used in Medieval Clothing
Some Clothing of the Middle Ages
An Archaeological Guide to Víking Men's Clothing
Book Reference:
Thor Ewing 'Viking Clothing' Tempus Publishing 2006 ISBN 0 7524 3587 6
1st Published : Feb 2008 to NVG website 21 Oct 2011 Page Updated: 11 Sept 2020 © Looking for the Evidence : Jennifer Baker ( Jenny Baker )