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| | Ciba 1: Medieval Dyeing |
 | | The Gothic princes of the Dark Ages, and after them the Merovingians, adopted this privilege, but the shifting social order of these unstable empires made it easy for others, especially for the warriors, to infringe on this privilege. |
 | | If the major domo Bertwald could call to his enemy Landerick, that they would recognize each other in the battle by the red of their cloaks, this colour cannot yet have been too common. |
 | | Even the working classes did not go about in utter drabness in those days, on the contrary, the ancient tradition of the striped dress, especially for festive occasions, held its own for a long time, though simple shades of grey, brown, yellow, and green were preferred for work. |
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