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Notice the short mantle worn by the King. Originally, mantles and the religious cope, coming from similar origins as a cloak worn by all classes, were indistinguishable, except that the religious garment may have a flap representing a hood, and the mantle may be fastened at the shoulder instead of the front. Therefore, while the cope was used ...
The dishonest merchant Dhana from Hastināpura swindles the king of Śrāvastī by offering to weave a supernatural garment that cannot be seen or touched by any person of illegitimate birth. When the king is supposedly wearing the garment, his whole court pretends to admire it.
The kandys was worn as a cloak rather than a coat, except in the presence of the King for inspections, when the arms were placed in the kandys's overlong or sewn-up sleeves. [1] This has been interpreted as a precaution against assassination attempts. [7] The Persian kandys was often purple, or made from leather and skins. [1]
During the Middle Ages, the supposed relic of St. Martin's miraculous cloak (cappa Sancti Martini) was carried by the king even into battle, and used as a holy relic upon which oaths were sworn. The cloak is first attested to in the royal treasury in 679 when it was conserved at the palatium of Luzarches , a royal villa that was later ceded to ...
The Coronation cloak or pluviale (Latin for mantle) was one of the Imperial Regalia of the Holy Roman Empire and was the main piece of the coronation regalia of the Roman-German emperors.
Cassander's decision to restore Thebes, which had been destroyed by Alexander, was perceived at the time to be a snub to the deceased king, though it also had the realpolitik effect of providing a power base for Cassander in Boeotia. [35] [36] Coin of Cassander minted after 310 BCE, displaying Alexander or Cassander wearing the lion pelt cloak.
The office of "Groom of the Feather Cloak" was one that "never previously existed", [121] perhaps one he devised himself and "assumed", [135] [q] Robert re-assumed the role of the feather cloak keeper when the king was visiting the maharaja of Johore, [138] [139] but he again got drunk and returned from a luggage-trip to the yacht without the ...
For male peers, the Coronation robe is a cloak of crimson velvet extending to the feet, open in the front (with white silk satin ribbon ties) and trailing behind. Attached to the robe is a cape and collar of miniver pure ; the rank of the peer is indicated by rows of " ermine tails (or the like)" on the miniver cape: 4 for a duke, 3½ for a ...