Merovingian kings and queens from the jambs of the Royal Portal, Chartres Cathedral. Now identified as Old Testament figures. Rois Merovingiens, Ancienne Cathedrale de Chartres. 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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