Calotte

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The calotte is a net-like hood made of wool or silk cords, which has been provided with gold and pearls with the help of embroidery .

The calotte almost completely envelops the hair. It appeared at the end of the 15th century together with the beret , in order to enable the beret , which often sits like a flat plate on one side of the head, to be attached. It went out of fashion again around 1550 .

According to the imperial order of 1530, the golden and silver calotte should only belong to princes and the nobility .

Later, the term calotte was only understood to mean the skullcap of the Catholic clergy, then also the fool's cap .

Since the end of the 19th century there has been a student cap in Belgium called the calotte or toque , which is worn by students at Catholic universities (and colleges).