Caption:
Charlemagne (742-814). King of the Franks (768-814), king of the Lombards (774-814), and emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (800-814). Charlemagne holding the globus cruciger in one hand and the sword in the other. Motto shown around the sword: In scelus exurgo, sceleris discrimina purgo. Engraving from a miniature in "Registres de l'Université de Paris". "Moeurs, usages et costumes au moyen-âge et à l'époque de la Renaissance", by Paul Lacroix. Paris, 1878.