Sword hilt and gem-encrusted scabbard of Charlemagne's sword
Hilt, round pommel with eagle, short guard, and gem-encrusted scabbard of Charlemagne's sword. Charles the Great or Charles I (748-814) was King of the Franks, Lombards and Emperor of the Romans. Epee de Charlemagne. Handcoloured lithograph by Villain after an illustration by Horace de Viel-Castel from his Collection des costumes, armes et meubles pour servir E l'histoire de la France (Collection of costumes, weapons and furniture to be used in the history of France), Treuttel and Wurtz, Bossange, 1827
Picture No
14017041
Media ID
46696700
Size
4986px x 6319px
(6.2MB)
Credit
©Florilegius/Mary Evans
Source
Horace de Viel-Castel





























