One crown appeared to have a small scratch and one Torah had its velvet protective mantle torn, he said, but otherwise they appeared to be in good condition.

No longer the velvet mantle he remembered from his descent, it was now a fragmenting cloak of rotting organic forms, like the vestments of the grave.

Before reading from it, one must remove a white velvet mantle embroidered with the names of our family members who were so much less fortunate than we were.

And he came to a stop, still a hundred feet away from the pathetic thing in the green velvet mantle.

The costumes by Jess Goldstein, replete with leather jerkins and velvet mantles, identify their wearers as belonging particularly to Shakespeare's world.

Derek had brought along a greatcoat, and Kelsey had her velvet mantle, which kept her warm enough with the addition of Derek's arm around her shoulder.

We now see her in a black silk bonnet, velvet mantle or silk spencer, dark dress, and carrying a sunshade.

"And I have donned my new velvet mantle," replied the other, compassionately eyeing his finery.

Wrapping her black velvet mantle about her, she left the house.

She wore a grass-green gown of silk, framed by a velvet mantle, and she chimed as she rode toward Magnus.