ABSTRACT
The adornment of girls consisted of large, valuable gold or gilded circlets on their heads, and, to protect their modesty, a white silk or linen mantle hung down from the neck before and behind, such as nowadays the monastic orders call a scapular or patientia.1 As they walked or talked, they guided all the limbs of their body within this garment, or mantle, with admirable modesty and reserve, as though controlled by a bridle, and at no point looked at or conversed with men unless their parents gave permission.
