The modern Arab fastens his kefiyeh with a twist of camel’s hair without streamers, and the lady of the fourteenth century, shown in Figure [46], has also an ordinary band.
The child’s sailor hat and the Scotch cap are among the modern head coverings which retain the strings (Figure [49]). A twelfth-century head-dress shown in a manuscript (Figure [48]) has a great similarity to the Scotch cap, as the band forms a kind of binding to the article in both cases, and there are streamers to both.
Fig. 47.—A sailor hat with band and streamers.
Fig. 48.—A twelfth-century head-dress with streamers from a MS. (after Viollet le Duc).
The strings or streamers are to be found in many other head coverings, including the mitres of bishops (see Figure [50]). The particular mitre illustrated is that of the See of Durham, which is distinguished from others in being plumed.