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Royal mantle from the imperial regalia of the Holy Roman Empire, originally made for Roger II of Sicily, Arabo-Norman Palermo, 1133, Secular Treasury (Schatzkammer), Vienna (photo credit: Michael Pregill).

Royal mantle from the imperial regalia of the Holy Roman Empire, originally made for Roger II of Sicily, Arabo-Norman Palermo, 1133, Secular Treasury (Schatzkammer), Vienna (photo credit: Michael Pregill).

Royal mantle from the imperial regalia of the Holy Roman Empire, originally made for Roger II of Sicily, Arabo-Norman Palermo, 1133, Secular Treasury (Schatzkammer), Vienna (photo credit: Michael Pregill).

Royal mantle from the imperial regalia of the Holy Roman Empire, originally made for Roger II of Sicily, Arabo-Norman Palermo, 1133, Secular Treasury (Schatzkammer), Vienna (photo credit: Michael Pregill).

Royal mantle from the imperial regalia of the Holy Roman Empire, originally made for Roger II of Sicily, Arabo-Norman Palermo, 1133, Secular Treasury (Schatzkammer), Vienna (photo credit: Michael Pregill).

Royal mantle from the imperial regalia of the Holy Roman Empire, originally made for Roger II of Sicily, Arabo-Norman Palermo, 1133, Secular Treasury (Schatzkammer), Vienna (photo credit: Michael Pregill).