Charlemagne, King of the Franks, 742-814.

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Charlemagne, King of the Franks, 742-814. Figures from the Lateran mosaic showing the emperor genuflecting as he receives the standard of Rome from St. Peter, from the Lateran Palace mosaic. Figures from Aachen showing Charlemagne holding a church. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Verico after Giuseppe Bramati from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1844.

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