. English: Byzantine silk cloth (162 x 137,5 cms) with elephants, before 1000? The cloth was found in the Karlsschrein, the reliquary chest of Charlemagne, where it remained until 1988. According to tradition it was spread over his remains when his tomb was opened in the year 1000. Textile collection of Aachen Cathedral Treasury, Aachen, Germany. . 15 December 2017, 12:44:20. Unknown Aachen Cathedral Treasury, cloth with elephants from Karlsschrein

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