The Daventry Mask
Posted on 12/09/2010 8:59:41 AM PST by SunkenCiv
An excerpt from Phillip Stubbes Anatomie of Abuses, published in 1583, he wrote: "When they use to ride abrod, they have invisories, or masks, visors made of velvet, wherwith they cover all their faces, having holes made in them against their eyes, whereout they look. So that if a man, that knew not their guise before, should chaunce to meet one of them, he would think hee met a monster or a devil; for face hee can see none, but two brode holes against her eyes with glasses in them".
Another Elizabethan scholar, Randle Holme, wrote: "A mask . . . This is a thing that in former times Gentlewomen used to put over their Faces when they travel to keep them from Sun burning.
Visard Mask, which covers the whole face, having holes for the eyes, a case for the nose, and a slit for the mouth, and to speak through; this kind of Mask is taken off and put in a moment of time, being only held in the Teeth by means of a round bead fastned on the inside over against the mouth.
These masks rarely survive. One parallel can be found at the Victoria and Albert Museum in the form of a 17th century dolls mask, belonging to the collection of Lady Chapman. This example is almost identical to our mask. Another is held at Norwich Musuem, although their example is more crudely made than the one described here.
(Excerpt) Read more at archnews.co.uk ...
The Daventry Mask
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You mean like this.
LOL - A Bleach fan, I see.
Maybe I was thinking of Lewis Visard.
[ LOL - A Bleach fan, I see. ]
Yes, it keeps my clothing nice and clean!
Years ago I visited Heidelberg Castle; there was a display on the ceiling of various warrior helmets, adorned with horns or wings and all of which had face veils with eye slits.
Years ago I visited Heidelberg Castle; there was a display on the ceiling of various warrior helmets, adorned with horns or wings and all of which had face veils with eye slits.
Nice post!
Double post. Sorry. Very rare for me.
Great, now I don’t know which one I should reply to. ;’)
Thanks elcid1970.
Am I reading this right? They wore the masks while riding abroad to scare the crap out of folks they might meet on the road. I wonder if that was just for fun, or to lessen the chance of attack or robbery.
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