Bishop's Mantle (Cape)
1520–1530
- Medium
- riveted steel (some brass) rings; reinforced collar
- Dimensions
- Overall (display): 55.9 x 53.3 x 27.9 cm (22 x 21 x 11 in.); Laid flat: 95.8 cm (37 11/16 in.); Diameter: 1 cm (3/8 in.)
- Genre
- Arms and armor
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Tags
European (German or Swiss?), early 16th century
About
Chain mail capes known as "bishop's mantles" were popular with German mercenary foot soldiers between about 1500 and 1550. They were often worn as the only element of armor.