Holy Roman Emperor Charlemagne crowned by Pope Leo III in Saint Peter's Basilica, Rome, Christmas day, 800. Decorated with tricolor and fleurs de lys. Taken from a miniature in Grandes Chroniques de Saint Denis, MS 8395, Bibliotheque Imperiale. Le pape et l'empereur. France XIVe Siecle. Chromolithograph by Krause after an illustration by Claudius Joseph Ciappori from Charles Louandres Les Arts Somptuaires, The Sumptuary Arts, Hangard-Mauge, Paris, 1858.
Holy Roman Emperor Charlemagne crowned by Pope Leo III in Saint Peter's Basilica, Rome, Christmas day, 800. Decorated with tricolor and fleurs de lys. Taken from a miniature in Grandes Chroniques de Saint Denis, MS 8395, Bibliotheque Imperiale. Le pape et l'empereur. France XIVe Siecle. Chromolithograph by Krause after an illustration by Claudius Joseph Ciappori from Charles Louandres Les Arts Somptuaires, The Sumptuary Arts, Hangard-Mauge, Paris, 1858.