Charles , or Charles the Bald (823-877), 9th-century king of West Francia and Italy, emperor of the Carolingian Empire. From the dedication page of the Bible of San Paolo fuori le mura, MS f.1.m, c.870, In the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls. Handcoloured lithograph by Villain after an illustration by Horace de Viel-Castel from his Collection des costumes, armes et meubles pour servir à l'histoire de la France (Collection of costumes, weapons and furniture to be used in the history of France), Treuttel & Wurtz, Bossange, 1827.
Charles , or Charles the Bald (823-877), 9th-century king of West Francia and Italy, emperor of the Carolingian Empire. From the dedication page of the Bible of San Paolo fuori le mura, MS f.1.m, c.870, In the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls. Handcoloured lithograph by Villain after an illustration by Horace de Viel-Castel from his Collection des costumes, armes et meubles pour servir à l'histoire de la France (Collection of costumes, weapons and furniture to be used in the history of France), Treuttel & Wurtz, Bossange, 1827.