Ornate frames, border and capital from documents of the Carolingian dynasty, 9th century. Taken from the Four Gospels, the First Bible of Charles the Bald, and other illuminated manuscripts. 1,2 Livre des Quatre Evangiles, Latin 266 Bib. Nat., 3,5 Bible de Charles le Chauve Latin 1, 4 chapiteau tire d’un manuscrit 266, Chromolithograph designed and lithographed by Ernst Guillot from Elements d’Ornementation pour l’Enluminure (Elements of Ornamentation for Illumination), Renouard, Paris, 1890.

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