In the Book
Patterns for Theatrical costumes, Garments, trims and accessories from
Ancient Egypt to 1915, by Katherine Strand Holkeboer , Prentice hall
press, 1984 ,
one can finns Wimple patterns on pages 108-9, 114-5, 292-3
the pattern looks like a rectangle but in the drawings it is worn
covering the neck and by clever tucking it becomes a
hood like front cover ,,, Thus now i wonder where this other form of a
Pipelike hood , came from ?
The book, The Historical Encyclopedia of Costume, By Albert Racinet,
Studio editions, 1995, shows on page 116 in cahpter The Orient ,
Christian monks and nuns ,
the wimple is mentioned as .." the veil, worn over a band of white
wool that frames the face , is suggestive of a wimple.

So now i wonder more about the origin of it ,
mirjam