743. The clothing of the prince and his ministers was like this. The prince wore an ankle-length robe of purple colour, decorated with embroidered silvery stars. Under the robe he wore a tunic of glistening, blue silk; this was open at the chest, where the front of a belt with the emblem of his community was to be seen. The badge was an eagle brooding over its young on a tree-top; it was made of gleaming gold surrounded by diamonds. The privy councillors wore much the same dress, but without the emblem; in its place they had carved sapphires hanging from their necks on a gold chain. The courtiers wore gowns of chestnut colour with a woven pattern of flowers surrounding egrets; their tunics underneath were of irridescent silk, and so were their breeches and stockings. Such was their clothing.