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[[File:Mantel kaal.svg|thumb|Mantle with a pavilion on top]]
[[File:Sanctus Gummarus Lyrmensis.JPG|thumb|Free-hanging [[baldachin]] as a [[Ciborium (architecture)|ciborium]] over the altar of Saint Gummarus in [[Lier, Belgium|Lier]]]]
In [[heraldry]], a '''mantle''' is a symbol of sovereign power and is generally reserved for royalty. In some cases, its use has also been granted to other nobles, in recognition of particular merits. In ordinary rendering, the [[Mantle (royal garment)|mantle]] is usually crimson and lined with [[Ermine (heraldry)|ermine]].

Certain [[coats of arms]] may also display a '''pavilion''' (similar to a [[baldachin]]) surmounting the mantle. The pavilion is said to be the invention of the Frenchman Philip Moreau.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Fox-Davies|first1=Arthur Charles|title=A Complete Guide to Heraldry|url=https://archive.org/details/completeguidetoh00foxdrich|date=1909|publisher=T.C. & E.C. Jack|location=London & Edinburgh|page=[https://archive.org/details/completeguidetoh00foxdrich/page/401 401]}}</ref> Some republics have displayed a mantle and pavillon in their coats of arms, contemporarily [[Serbia]].

While common in continental European heraldry, the mantle and pavilion is absent in [[English heraldry|English]] and [[Scottish heraldry]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Fox-Davies|first1=Arthur Charles|title=A Complete Guide to Heraldry|url=https://archive.org/details/completeguidetoh00foxdrich|date=1909|publisher=T.C. & E.C. Jack|location=London & Edinburgh|page=[https://archive.org/details/completeguidetoh00foxdrich/page/400 400]}}</ref>

Mantle and pavilion should not be mixed with [[Mantling]].

== Gallery ==
=== Mantles ===
==== Royal mantles ====
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File:Great_coat_of_arms_of_Sweden.svg|[[Coat of arms of Sweden|Greater arms of Sweden]], featuring a purple mantle but with no pavilion
File:Coat of arms Kronprins Carl Gustav av Sverige.svg|King [[Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden]]'s former arms as crown prince, with a blue mantle reflecting the [[Swedish coronation robes#Princely mantles|Swedish princely mantle]]
File:Royal coat of arms of Denmark.svg|Royal Arms of the [[Danish Realm|Kingdom of Denmark]]
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==== Non-royal mantles ====
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File:Coat of Arms of the House of Montmorency.svg|Coat of arms of the [[House of Montmorency]], from the era of the [[Bourbon Restoration in France|Bourbon Restoration]], with a blue mantle and [[duke|ducal]] coronet
File:Staatswappen-Liechtensteins.svg|Coat of arms of the [[Monarchy of Liechtenstein|Prince of Lichenstein]], with a purple princely mantle
File:Great coat of arms of the House of Gonzaga (post 1530).svg|Coat of arms of the [[House of Gonzaga]]
File:POL COA Sułkowski II.svg|Coat of arms of the [[Sułkowski family|Princes Sułkowski]], a [[Princely houses of Poland and Lithuania|Polish princely]] family
File:Barony Robe and Chapeau.PNG|Historical mantle and [[Barons in Scotland#Chapeau|chapeau]] of a [[Scottish feudal baron]]
File:Manto de Grande de España.svg|Mantle and coronet of a [[Grandee of Spain]]
File:Russian heraldic mantle.svg|Mantle and princely hat of a [[Russian nobility|Russian prince]]
</gallery>

==== Mantles of chivalric orders ====
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File:Royal Arms of Spain (Mantle of the Order of Charles III Variant).svg|[[King of Spain|Spanish monarch]]'s arms with the mantle of the [[Order of Charles III]]<br><small>(until 1931)</small>
File:Coat of arms of Maximilien de Furstenberg OESSJ.svg|Arms of [[Maximilian von Fürstenberg]] with the mantle of the [[Order of the Holy Sepulchre]]
File:Coat of arms of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (variant).svg|Arms of the [[Sovereign Military Order of Malta]]
File:Grandes armes OSLJ.svg|Arms of the [[Order of Saint Lazarus (statuted 1910)|Order of Saint Lazarus]]
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=== Mantles with pavilions ===
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File:Grand Royal Coat of Arms of France.svg|Grand coat of arms of the [[Kingdom of France]]
File:Greater Coat of Arms of the Russian Empire.svg|Greater coat of arms of the [[Russian Empire]]
File:Royal coat of arms of the Netherlands.svg|[[Coat of arms of the Netherlands|Coat of arms of the Dutch monarch]], with a mantle and pavilion
File:Coat of arms of the Karadjordjevic Dynasty.svg|Coat of arms of the [[Karađorđević dynasty|Karadjordjevic dynasty]]
</gallery>

==See also==
{{Commons category|Heraldic mantles and pavilions}}
* [[Robe]]

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