Bishop's Mantle (Cape)
c. 1520–30
- Medium
- riveted steel (some brass) rings; reinforced collar
- Classification
- Arms and Armor
- 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.)
- Culture
- European (German or Swiss?), early 16th century
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Medieval Art
- Credit line
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
View at the Cleveland Museum of Art
About this work
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.
