File:Shroud of Charlemagne manufactured in Constantinople 814.jpg

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Shroud of Charlemagne, section.

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English: The Shroud of Charlemagne, a polychrome crimson-hued silk with a pattern showing a quadriga, Byzantine, 8th or 9th century. Paris, musée national du Moyen Âge. This section was cut in 1850 from the shroud in the Aachen Cathedral Treasury, where a section of about the same dimensions remains.
Français : Quadrige, Samit façonné, soies polychromes , IXe siècle, Paris, musée national du Moyen Âge
العربية: كفن شارلمان، أحد أهم المنسوجات البيزنطية الباقية، القرن التاسع.
Date early 9th century
date QS:P,+850-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P4241,Q40719727
Source "De Byzance a Istambul" p.129
Author Anonymous Byzantine artist 9th century

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current02:58, 13 May 2023Thumbnail for version as of 02:58, 13 May 20232,019 × 2,057 (1.05 MB)Ptyx (talk | contribs)more realistic colours
11:42, 15 December 2017Thumbnail for version as of 11:42, 15 December 20172,019 × 2,057 (1.43 MB)Kleon3 (talk | contribs)Colour adjusted, according to the description and photograph in: {{aut|Lepie, Herta, en Georg Minkenberg}} (2010): ''The Cathedral Treasury of Aachen'' (Museums and Treasuries in Europe, Volume 1)), pages 16 & 17. Schnell & Steiner, Regensburg. {{ISBN|...
14:17, 14 November 2009Thumbnail for version as of 14:17, 14 November 20092,019 × 2,057 (1.16 MB)World Imaging (talk | contribs){{Information |Description={{en|1=Shroud_of_Charlemagne_manufactured_in_Constantinople 814.}} |Source="De Byzance a Istambul" p.129 |Author=Anonymous Byzantine artist 9th century |Date=Early 9th century |Permission= |other_versions= }} [[Category:Carolus

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