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Source Description
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.
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102588
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Bishop's Mantle (Cape)
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102588
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object
title
Bishop's Mantle (Cape)
description
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.
date
c. 1520–30
rights
CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q60753612
genreSpecific
Arms and Armor
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
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.)
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European (German or Swiss?), early 16th century
accession
1921.1256
Source extras
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riveted steel (some brass) rings; reinforced collar
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Bishop's Mantle (Cape), c. 1520–30. European (German or Swiss?), early 16th century. Riveted steel (some brass) rings; reinforced collar; 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.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance, 1921.1256
collection
MED - Arms & Armor
didYouKnow
In 805 an edict of Charlemagne established a link between the right to own land and the obligation to own a chainmail shirt.
citations
citation
American Art Association. <em>An Important Collection of Ancient Arms and Armor. </em>1921.
page_number
cat. 268
citation
Gilchrist, Helen Ives. <em>A Catalogue of the Collection of Arms & Armor Presented to the Cleveland Museum of Art by Mr. and Mrs. John Long Severance; 1916-1923</em>. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1924.
page_number
Mentioned: p 81, D15; Reproduced: Plate XVIII, D15
citation
Fliegel, Stephen N<em>. Arms and Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. [Cleveland, Ohio]: The Museum, 1998.
page_number
p. 40
citation
Troso, Mario.<em> Italia! Italia! 1526-1530: la prima guerra d'indipendenza italiana : con gli assedi di Milano, Napoli, Firenze, il sacco di Roma e le battaglie di Capo d'Orso e Gavinana.</em> Parma: E. Albertelli, 2001.
page_number
p. 160, F36a
citation
Fliegel, Stephen N.<em> Arms & Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art. </em>[Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2007.
page_number
cat. no. 91, p. 186
creditline
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance
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2026-05-29 05:32:13.649000
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102588
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Medieval Art
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MED - Arms & Armor
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riveted steel (some brass) rings; reinforced collar
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