Charles ΙΙ, or Charles the Bald (823-877), 9th-century king of West Francia and Italy, emperor of the Carolingian Empire. On a throne under the Hand of God, with crown, sceptre and orb. Charles le Chauve. From an illuminated manuscript Psautier de Charles le Chauve, Bibliotheque nationale de France, Departement des Manuscrits. Handcoloured 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 & Wurt


Charles ΙΙ, or Charles the Bald (823-877), 9th-century king of West Francia and Italy, emperor of the Carolingian Empire. On a throne under the Hand of God, with crown, sceptre and orb. Charles le Chauve. From an illuminated manuscript Psautier de Charles le Chauve, Bibliotheque nationale de France, Departement des Manuscrits. Handcoloured 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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