Clovis (c. 466~511), first King of all the Franks, founder of the Merovingian dynasty. Clovis wears a long tunic decorated with a border embroidered in gold, a great mantle, boots and a diadem. His sceptre is of the greatest simplicity 77. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalart's Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity and Middle Ages, Vienna, 1796.
Clovis (c. 466~511), first King of all the Franks, founder of the Merovingian dynasty. Clovis wears a long tunic decorated with a border embroidered in gold, a great mantle, boots and a diadem. His sceptre is of the greatest simplicity 77. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalart's Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity and Middle Ages, Vienna, 1796.