King of the Danes with crown and sceptre. Purple tunic, crimson mantle, stockings, pointed boots. In their clothes, the Danes are distinguished from the Saxons by their grand magnificence and a penchant for softness. Kings wore superb garments, often embroidered or decorated with a golden fringe. They wore shoes and a type of pointed boots. The mantle was fastened at the right shoulder with a clasp and covered the left shoulder or fell over the chest. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalart's Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity and Middle A
King of the Danes with crown and sceptre. Purple tunic, crimson mantle, stockings, pointed boots. In their clothes, the Danes are distinguished from the Saxons by their grand magnificence and a penchant for softness. Kings wore superb garments, often embroidered or decorated with a golden fringe. They wore shoes and a type of pointed boots. The mantle was fastened at the right shoulder with a clasp and covered the left shoulder or fell over the chest. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalart's Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity and Middle Ages, Vienna, 1796.
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