Veil, circlet, coife, bonnet, cap or hood? To give an authentic portrayal of a medieval character, you will need an appropriate period headdress. This carefully researched and richly illustrated book offers a wide variety of head coverings through the ages. The authors present exemplary historical sources which form the foundation for their interpretations and also give advice on how to wear the headdresses. The sources for the sewing instructions range from early medieval pictures found in the Maciejowski Bible and the Codex Manesse to High Middle Ages archeological findings from London and late Middle Ages findings from Kempten in the Allgaeu, Germany. The book includes an introduction to the necessary working techniques. Clear and easily comprehensible instructions and pictures lead you through the work process. Even a layman can thus crete patterns, sew different seam types and neaten cut edges. A section on material ensures that you will be able to choose the right fabrics and colours.

Susanne Leuner was born in Hamburg in 1963, completed an apprenticeship as Management Assistant in Wholesale and Foreign Trade and worked as personnel specialist in the 1990s until she turned her hobby into a profession in 2005 and founded her company Design (f)or Event in Bad Bramstedt near Hamburg. There she manufactures simple as well as elaborate costumes for various occasions. Frank Leuner was born in Hamburg in 1965, completed an apprenticeship as insurance salesman and today works part-time as a Controller for a large German insurance company. At the moment he is studying prehistoric and early archaeology at the university of Hamburg.