Caption:
King Charles the Bald receiving the Vivien Bible, c. 845. Charles on his throne with crown and sceptre, Count Vivien at his right in chlamys and short tunic, pantalons, garters and boots with exposed toes. Two royal squires in Roman or Greek military armour holding the king's weapons. From the manuscript Bible written in the Abbey of Saint-Martin de Tours. Le Roi Charles le Chauve, France, IXe siecle. MS Latin 1 Folio 423r, Musee des Souverains, Louvre. Chromolithograph by Moulin after an illustration by Mathieu from Charles Louandres Les Arts Somptuaires, The Sumptuary Arts, Hangard-Mauge, Paris, 1858.