Thursday

See, that's a crown!

Charlemagne by Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528). He was was King
of the Franks from 768 and Emperor of the Romans (Imperator Romanorum)
from 800 to his death in 814. Read more here


The crown of Charlemagne (742-814)

Albrecht Dürer: 'The Imperial crown', 1510
link...and read more

2 comments:

Joseph Hoh said...

I see that Charlemagne lived for a thousand years. That is quite impressive.

Btw where is the crown located? I would like to borrow it for a costume...

:)

Aputsiaq said...

Oh my....1000 years...better correct that ;O) It is now a part of the imperial Habsburg regalia...of course you may borrow it...I'm sure!!