2-652-696 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The coronation of Charlemagne (712-814), King of the Franks and the Emperor of Rome, 14th century (1849). A 19th century version based on an original 14th century manuscript illustration in the Chroniques de Saint-Denis, held by the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris. From Le Moyen Age et la Renaissance, by Paul Lacroix, Ferdinand Séré and A Rivaud, Volume III (Paris, 1849). (Colorised black and white print).