A surcoat or surcote is an outer garment that was commonly worn in the Middle Ages by soldiers. It was worn over armor to show insignia and help identify...

must recite the Lord's Prayer at the same hours. The knights wore a white surcoat with a red cross, and a white mantle also with a red cross; the sergeants...

coat of arms is a heraldic visual design on an escutcheon (i.e., shield), surcoat, or tabard (the last two being outer garments). The coat of arms on an...

Middle Ages characterized by full-body steel plate without a surcoat. Around 1420 the surcoat, or "coat of arms" as it was known in England, began to disappear...

cuirass, began to be worn without any surcoat; but in the concluding quarter of the century the short surcoat, with full short sleeves, known as a "tabard"...

the sides began to be sewn together, creating a sleeveless overgown or surcoat. 1300–1400 in European fashion Payne, Blanche: History of Costume from...

plates riveted to the inside of a surcoat. There is debate regarding whether the plates inside the armoured surcoat overlapped, but the armour is otherwise...

early 1652, surcoats with insignia badges started to be worn to indicate the wearer's rank. They were also wearing three-quarter length surcoats, called duanzhao...

appendages such as lance rests or plumeholders, or clothing such as tabards or surcoats, which were often worn over a harness. There are a variety of alternative...

heraldic colour. Men wore a tunic, cote, or cotte with a surcoat over a linen shirt. One of these surcoats was the cyclas, which began as a rectangular piece...

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removes the Robe Royal and Stole Royal, exchanges the crimson surcoat for the purple surcoat and is enrobed in the Imperial Robe of purple velvet. The sovereign...

need for marks of identification arose, and with coloured shields and surcoats, coat armoury was born. Armorial rolls were created to record the knights...

Waffenrock (also German: Waffenkleid; English: surcoat or tunic) was originally a medieval German term for an outer garment, worn by knights over their...

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to which the bearer of a coat of arms is entitled), consisting of his surcoat (a padded tunic), helmet, shield and gauntlets, have been replaced with...

which acted as a slip, and under the formal outer garment, a gown or surcoat.[citation needed] Kirtles were part of fashionable attire into the middle...

his fighting during the Siege of Acre. After a fierce battle, his white surcoat was completely drenched in blood. When he removed his belt, the cloth beneath...

nearby castle. Like other officers of arms, a herald would often wear a surcoat, called a tabard, decorated with the coat of arms of his master. It was...

the word in English in 1450. Tabards were apparently distinguished from surcoats by being open-sided, and by being shorter.[citation needed] In its later...

in 1376 of dysentery and was buried in Canterbury Cathedral, where his surcoat, helmet, shield, and gauntlets are still preserved. Edward, the eldest...

10 July 1296. Here the arms of Scotland were formally torn from John's surcoat, giving him the abiding name of "Toom Tabard" (empty coat). By July, Edward...

depiction of Henry V at the Battle of Agincourt : The King wears on this surcoat the Royal Arms of England, quartered with the Fleur de Lys of France as...

and an early form of quilted and padded jupe or gipon. The sleeveless surcoat or cyclas was introduced during this period as protective covering for...

chemise with trumpet sleeves, open and very wide at the wrist. The sideless surcoat of the 14th century became fossilized as a ceremonial costume for royalty...

dagger, and a lance. She was also described as wearing furs, a golden surcoat over her armor, and sumptuous riding habits made of precious cloth. During...

Hohenlohe circa 1325 AD depicts him wearing scaled body armour underneath his surcoat and over a mail haubergeon. Sir Albrecht's armour appears to be additionally...

ranks and warrior societies. The armor came in sleeved variations or in surcoat designs that covered most of a warrior's body down to the knees. For SpikeTV's...

the 1220s as plates directly attached to a knightly garment known as the surcoat. Around 1250 this developed into the coat of plates which continued to...

crypt of Trani cathedral shows Saint George wearing a white cross on a red surcoat. The white-on-red version was chosen as the Reichsbanner ("imperial banner")...