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.
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.