A fillet was originally worn in classical antiquity, especially in the Hellenic Culture. At that time, a fillet was a very narrow band of cloth, leather or some form of garland, and they were frequently worn by athletes.
Later, in medieval times, a fillet was a type of headband worn by unmarried women, in certain monkhoods, usually with a wimple.[1] This is indicated in the sign language of said monks (who took oaths of silence), wherein a sweeping motion across the brow, in the shape of a fillet, indicated an unmarried woman.[1]
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- ^ a b Netherton, Robin; Gale R. Owen-Crocker (2005). Medieval Clothing and Textiles. Boydell & Brewer. p. 49. Retrieved 2010-12-27.
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