King Solomon on his throne with advisors in Byzantine costume, 11th century. The young prince and bearded old sages with gold bands on their shoulders. From a manuscript Gospels, MS 74 G, Bibliotheque Imperiale. Salomon, Empire de Byzance, XIe siecle. Chromolithograph by Giare 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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