Emperor Charlemagne with Frankish chieftain holding a gonfalon or banner, 8th century. Charlemagne in ceremonial robes, crown, cape of Saint Maurice, embroidered silk tunic, with sceptres. Officer in plumed helmet, breastplate, tunic, and mantle. Chef arme portans un Gonfanon, Gens du peuple, Charlemagne en habit de ceremonie, Eveque. Sous Charlemagne, 8e Siecle. Handcoloured lithograph by Godard after an illustration by Charles Auguste Herbé from his own Costumes Francais, Civils, Militaires et Religieux, French Costumes, Civil, Military and Religious, Maison Martinet, Paris, 1837.

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