Anglo Saxon woman wearing a tunic; veil; mantle; and open-toe shoes (36); Anglo Saxon woman in tunic and veil (37); and Anglo Saxon woman in a veil in a different colour from her mantle (38).'鈥榁eils were dyed in various colours and made of fabrics probably more or less precious.' Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalart's 鈥楬istorical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity and of the Middle Ages' (1796).