Emperor Charlemagne (748-814) genuflecting as he receives the standard of Rome from St. Peter. Pope Leo III on the left. Mosaic in the Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran, Rome. Mosaique de St. Jean de Latran. Tinted lithograph by Villain after an illustration by Horace de Viel-Castel from his Collection des costumes, armes et meubles pour servir à l'histoire de la France (Collection of costumes, weapons and furniture to be used in the history of France), Treuttel & Wurtz, Bossange, 1827.

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