Caption:
Knight of the Order of Alcantara in ceremonial robes, with Cistercian scarlet cross on his cloak. The Order of Alcantara was a Spanish military order established in 1176 They accepted the Cistercian rule and costume, a white mantle with the scarlet overcross. Copied from an illustration by Christoph Weigel in Philipp Bonannis 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.