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The statuette consists of three parts: the horse, the rider's body with the saddle, and the rider's head. It has a total height of 24 cm. The rider is depicted with a moustache, an open crown on his head, a sword in his right hand (lost), an imperial orb in his left hand, and a riding cloak fastened with a fibula.
First Bible of Charles the Bald or Vivian Bible 845/846 Tours Bible; eight full-page miniatures, four canon tables, 87 initials Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, Ms. lat. 1 Prayer book of Charles the Bald between 846 and 869 Court School of Charles the Bald Oldest royal prayer book; two full-page miniatures, one full-page decorative initial
Charles allied himself with his brother Louis the German to resist the pretensions of the new Emperor Lothair I, and the two allies defeated Lothair at the Battle of Fontenoy-en-Puisaye on 25 June 841. [6] In the following year, the two brothers confirmed their alliance by the celebrated Oaths of Strasbourg.
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There are twelve surviving manuscripts of the Edict across various collections: three in the Bibliothèque nationale de France, three in the Vatican Library, two in the Bavarian State Library, and one in each of the British Library, the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library in Yale University Library, the Stiftsbibliothek, and the Biblioteca Vallicelliana in Rome.
The book contains 444 parchment folios. The page size is 430 by 335 mm (16.9 by 13.1 in) and divided into 2 columns of 52 lines per page written in Latin. [1] The manuscript is decorated with 74 large, painted initials with the incipits of the various chapters written in golden uncials or capitals.
Yeo told the BBC that Charles himself approved of the contemporary portrait. He noted that when the king first saw a "half-done" version of the painting he was "initially mildly surprised by the ...
There are 91 decorated initials throughout the book. There are 24 surviving full-page miniature illustrations, including a dedication portrait of Charles the Bald, a portrait of Saint Jerome , 14 illustrations in the Old Testament, an image of Christ in Majesty , four evangelist portraits , a miniature in the Acts of the Apostles , a miniature ...