Portrait of a Young Man (Tymotheos) by Jan van Eyck, 1432. The liripipe is draped forward at left (subject's right).The hooded academic dress of King's College London, an example of a modern-day liripipe.
With long-tailed hoods it includes in particular a chaperon or gugel, or the peak of a shoe. A graffito on the church wall of Swannington Church in Norfolk depicts a "late medieval woman wearing a long, laced gown and hood with a long liripipe ornament."[1]
In modern times, liripipe mostly refers to the tail of the cowl of an academic hood, seen at graduation ceremonies.
Liripipe was popular from the mid-14th to the end of the 15th century. 'Liripipe', and the phrase 'liripipe hood', which are often used by costume historians, are not medieval words but scholarly adoptions dating to the early modern period to describe a fashion which appears very often in medieval art, in the form of a long extension to a hood. It could be worn hanging down, or, by the 15th century, is depicted wrapped round the head or the neck.[2]
Perhaps due to its academic association, the word has the obsolete sense of "part or lesson committed to memory", as in the expressions "to know one's liripipe" and "to teach someone his liripipe".[3]
Another possible origin for the word is that it refers to the resemblance of the hood's "tail" to a long, thin purse used to hold coins, literally a "lira pipe".
Fashionedit
Liripipe often appears in text as implicit criticism of absurd or exaggerated fashion: in the 1360s the author of the Chronicle Eulogium Historiarum sive Temporis mentions liripipes that hang right down to the heels like ridiculous strips ('liripipia usque talum longa modo fatuorum dilacerata') or worn tied round the head by cross-dressing women.[2]
The term was also applied to the exaggerated toes of the medieval pigache and poulaine shoes, as in a 14th-century statute of Oxford University.[2]
Other usesedit
The variant spelling liripoop has also the obsolete meaning of "silly person",[3] most probably because it is an inherently funny word, cf. "Nincompoop".[4]
^The Norfolk Medieval Graffiti Survey, The Guardian, March 29, 2014, article by Matt Champion
^ abcOwen-Cricker, Gale R. (2012). Encyclopedia of Medieval Dress and Textiles of the British Isles c.450-1450. The Netherlands: Koninklijke Brill. p. 329. ISBN978-90-04-124356.
^ abc"ˈliripipe, ˈliripoop". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.): "No plausible etymology has been found [...] Ménage's ludicrous guess, that liripipium is a corruption of cleri ephippium, is repeated seriously in recent Eng. dicts."
List of Favourite Words, Including "Liripipe" by Stephen Chrisomalis
January 01, 1970
liripipe, liripipe, note, element, clothing, tail, hood, cloak, long, tailed, hood, modern, liripipe, appears, hoods, academic, dress, portrait, young, tymotheos, eyck, 1432, liripipe, draped, forward, left, subject, right, hooded, academic, dress, king, colle. A liripipe ˈ l ɪ r ɪ ˌ p aɪ p note 1 is an element of clothing the tail of a hood or cloak or a long tailed hood The modern day liripipe appears on the hoods of academic dress Portrait of a Young Man Tymotheos by Jan van Eyck 1432 The liripipe is draped forward at left subject s right The hooded academic dress of King s College London an example of a modern day liripipe Contents 1 Description 2 Origins 3 Fashion 4 Other uses 5 See also 6 Notes 7 References 8 External linksDescription editWith long tailed hoods it includes in particular a chaperon or gugel or the peak of a shoe A graffito on the church wall of Swannington Church in Norfolk depicts a late medieval woman wearing a long laced gown and hood with a long liripipe ornament 1 In modern times liripipe mostly refers to the tail of the cowl of an academic hood seen at graduation ceremonies Liripipe was popular from the mid 14th to the end of the 15th century Liripipe and the phrase liripipe hood which are often used by costume historians are not medieval words but scholarly adoptions dating to the early modern period to describe a fashion which appears very often in medieval art in the form of a long extension to a hood It could be worn hanging down or by the 15th century is depicted wrapped round the head or the neck 2 Origins editThe word is believed to originate from the Medieval Latin term liripipium which is of unsure origin Webster s Dictionary suggests it is a corruption of cleri ephippium clergy s tippet but this is uncertain The Oxford English Dictionary attributing the hypothesis to Gilles Menage calls it a ludicrous guess 3 Perhaps due to its academic association the word has the obsolete sense of part or lesson committed to memory as in the expressions to know one s liripipe and to teach someone his liripipe 3 Another possible origin for the word is that it refers to the resemblance of the hood s tail to a long thin purse used to hold coins literally a lira pipe Fashion editLiripipe often appears in text as implicit criticism of absurd or exaggerated fashion in the 1360s the author of the Chronicle Eulogium Historiarum sive Temporis mentions liripipes that hang right down to the heels like ridiculous strips liripipia usque talum longa modo fatuorum dilacerata or worn tied round the head by cross dressing women 2 The term was also applied to the exaggerated toes of the medieval pigache and poulaine shoes as in a 14th century statute of Oxford University 2 Other uses editThe variant spelling liripoop has also the obsolete meaning of silly person 3 most probably because it is an inherently funny word cf Nincompoop 4 See also editAcademic dress for more information on hoods Chaperon headgear Notes edit Also spelled liri lerri lyri lirry leery leerepoop e pope liri lyri luri leripup lirripippes liripipy liripipion and liripion References edit The Norfolk Medieval Graffiti Survey The Guardian March 29 2014 article by Matt Champion a b c Owen Cricker Gale R 2012 Encyclopedia of Medieval Dress and Textiles of the British Isles c 450 1450 The Netherlands Koninklijke Brill p 329 ISBN 978 90 04 124356 a b c ˈliripipe ˈliripoop Oxford English Dictionary Online ed Oxford University Press Subscription or participating institution membership required No plausible etymology has been found Menage s ludicrous guess that liripipium is a corruption of cleri ephippium is repeated seriously in recent Eng dicts nincompoop definition English definition dictionary Reverso dictionary reverso net Retrieved 2017 10 20 nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Liripipe External links edit Liripipe by Michael Quinion List of Favourite Words Including Liripipe by Stephen Chrisomalis Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Liripipe amp oldid 1165055055, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
