Difference between revisions of "Mantels and Cloaks"

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Mantles

A mantle is a cone shaped garment made from a circle of cloth with a hole in the centre for the head. It comes to about knee to mid-shin and was often belted to free the arms.

Art

• T16:f2v
• T20:f1r
• T23:f2r and others in the same manuscript
• T24:21r
• T39:f.68v
• T44:f11v
• T48:5v
• T49:7v
• T51:16r and others in the same manuscript
• T56:11v
• T68:115r
• T75:f9r
• T73:2v
• T84:f73v and others in the same manuscript
• T86:22r and others in the smae manuscript
• Carving of the Virgin Mary BK129 mid 11th
• T97:f18r and others in the same manuscript
• T103:f12v and others in the same manuscript

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Cloaks (women)

A cloak is a rectangular woollen garment worn around the shoulders and fastened with either simple ties or a brooch. Art

• T48:f8v (1000AD) Patience wearing a cloak pinned at the chest.

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Archaeology
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Discussion
Cloaks do not appear to be a garment worn by women, they are not seen in manuscripts. The manuscript immages appear to suggest the cloak was a male garement and women wore a mantle. Whether this is also the case in the lower ranks of society, where a mantle would be less practical in everyday life, is hard to say.

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