Knight of the Order of Calatrava in black hood, fur-lined cape, tunic and apron, armed with a sword. Founded in Castile in the 12th century as a Spanish military branch of the Cistercians. Copied from an illustration by Christoph Weigel in Philipp Bonanni’s Ritter-Ordern, 1728. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalart's Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity and Middle Ages, Vienna, 1802.

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