Charlemagne and Louis the Pious Anonymous illuminator (French chronicle), 1400 Illuminated manuscript

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Charlemagne and Louis the Pious

Anonymous illuminator (French chronicle) · 1400

Why it's great

The emperor Charlemagne and his son Louis the Pious stand side by side in a manuscript illumination from a French royal chronicle of the 1300s or 1400s. Louis became emperor after Charlemagne died in 814.

🏛️ Part of history

Charlemagne & the Early Middle Ages (768–814) — The emperor Charlemagne and his son Louis the Pious stand side by side in a manuscript illumination from a French royal chronicle of the 1300s or 1400s.

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About the artist

Anonymous illuminator (French chronicle)

Unknown or anonymous artist

This picture comes from a medieval French royal chronicle, painted by an illuminator whose name was not recorded. Manuscripts like this were made by workshops of artists in the 1300s and 1400s for kings and nobles.