Miniatures from the Golden Bull, 1365

Procession of ecclesiastical and lay electors on horseback with banners before the Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV (top); Duke of Saxony filling bags of oats (middle);.The Emperor dining at table with a cupbearer serving him with a long spoon watched by bishops and nobles (bottom). Elettori che precedono l'Imperatore. Miniatures from the Vienna Codex of the Golden Bull, an illuminated manuscript prepared for King Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia, 1365. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Migliavacca from Giulio Ferrario's Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World, Il Costume Antico e Moderno, Florence, 1844

1365 Antico Charlemagne Ferrario Frankish Giulio Migliavacca Miniatures Moderno Saxon Sepolcro Widukind Wittekind

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