late medieval houppelande gown wool livery coat id Size:M The Roman scuta provided soldiers

The Roman scuta provided soldiers with an excellent protection and it enabled the testudoformation (turtle formation)

This drinking horn is engraved with a horse and the mouthpiece and end are decorated with brass fittings and Celtic knots

Birka and Haithabu of clothing fragments from the ninth and tenth century

Similar greaves were worn as early as the 4th century BC

This replica Viking buckle is based on a 10th-11th century statue of the god Odin

late medieval houppelande gown wool livery coat id Size:M The Roman scuta provided soldiersA houppelande (or houpelande) was a loose fitting, long outer garment with wide, flared sleeves worn by both men and women in Europe during the late Middle Ages. The inside was often lined with fur. This garment later became popular among professional groups and survived in the Western world as the familiar academic and legal gowns. At that time, men always wore the houppelande over a doublet . The houppelande appeared around 1360 and remained