Anglo Saxon men in mantles

Anglo Saxon men wearing mantles over tunic and stockings. 'Another way of wearing the mantle (28), a man wearing a mantle (29), and an Anglo Saxon youth wearing a short mantle.' The left figure wears the mantle fastened at the right shoulder leaving the right arm free and the left arm draped. The figure in the centre has the mantle fastened on his breast. The figure at right wears a short mantle fastened on the right shoulder. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalart's 'Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity and of the Middle Ages' (1796). (Photo by: Florilegius/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)