Coronation of an ancient Italian king by the archbishop. The king is crowned while wearing a cape over breastplate and holding a sceptre. Six electors of the empire stand to his left. Fom a bas-relief in Monza Cathedral. Coronazione di un re d’Italia. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Roberti from Giulio Ferrario’s Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World, Il Costume Antico e Moderno, Florence, 1844.

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