It was called a head-restraint. Unique to thinkers.
Or in the Doric: a nod-cosy.
Best
dave
----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Cudmore" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2006 5:26 AM
Subject: Re: A Query on Hume's Turban-Like Hat
> It might be the proverbial Tam O'Shanter hat, though Hume might not have
> been called that.
>
> P
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Poetryetc provides a venue for a dialogue relating to
> > poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> > Behalf Of Mark Weiss
> > Sent: 08 March 2006 05:00
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: A Query on Hume's Turban-Like Hat
> >
> > There's an etching of Rousseau by Hogarth in a similar
> > turban. The style must have been international. Which is as
> > much as I know about it.
> >
> > Mark
> >
> > At 06:11 PM 3/7/2006, you wrote:
> > >Hi Y'all,
> > >
> > >I've a strange, non-poetic query. Is there a specific name for the
> > >turban-like hat that David Hume wears in Allan Ramsay's
> > portrait of him?
> > >Other philosophers and artists wore such hats during the Scots
> > >enlightenment--these hats were often red or burnished orange.
> > >
> > >Best,
> > >Eileen
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >--
> > >Eileen Abrahams
> > >Ph.D. Candidate
> > >Editorial Fellow
> > >Texas Studies in Literature and Language The University of Texas at
> > >Austin
> > >
> > >It is the precise detail of word or rhythm, which carries
> > the ethical
> > >burden; it is technique, rightly understood, which provides the true
> > >point of departure for inspiration.
> > > ---Geoffrey Hill
> >
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