Coronation of Charles the Bald as King of Lorraine, 860. In crown with fleurons, orb and sceptre, Greco-Roman chlamys and tunic, seated on a throne. Charles le Chauve, king of West Francia, Caroligian Emperor, 823-877. Couronne roi de Lorraine en 860, France, IXe siecle. Taken from his psalter, Psautier de Charles le Chauve, copied by Liuthard, Bibliotheque Imperiale, MS Latin 1152, Fol. 3v. Chromolithograph by Mathieu after an illustration by Claudius Joseph Ciappori from Charles Louandre’s Les Arts Somptuaires, The Sumptuary Arts, Hangard-Mauge, Paris, 1858.

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