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The Bust of Charlemagne (German: Karlsbüste) is a reliquary from around 1350 which contains the top part of Charlemagne's skull. [2] The reliquary is part of the treasure kept in the Aachen Cathedral Treasury .
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Bust of Nefertiti; c. 1345 BC; limestone and plaster; height: 48 cm, width: 20 cm; Neues Museum, Berlin, Germany. A bust is a sculpted or cast representation of the upper part of the human body, depicting a person's head and neck, and a variable portion of the chest and shoulders. The piece is normally supported by a plinth. The bust is ...
The Vita Karoli Magni written after Charlemagne's death by his servant Einhard has served ever since as a reference establishing his stature and charisma: . Charles was large and strong, and of lofty stature, though not disproportionately tall (his height is well known to have been seven times the length of his foot); the upper part of his head was round, his eyes very large and animated, nose ...
Pages in category "Cultural depictions of Charlemagne" The following 46 pages are in this category, out of 46 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Hoop crown of the Holy Roman Empire Bavarian hoop crown, which used to carry the Wittelsbach Diamond [1] Hoop crown on the late Gothic Bust of Charlemagne, Aachen Cathedral Treasury A hoop crown ( German : Bügelkrone or Spangenkrone , [ 2 ] Latin : faislum ), [ 3 ] arched crown , or closed crown , is a crown consisting of a " band around the ...
Skull and Bones is a game that delivers on its promise on the most surface level possible. You’re a pirate, with a crew, in command of a ship, sailing and plundering through the high seas ...
The legend has them both dying in 778, when Charlemagne was still young and a generation before he would be crowned Emperor. Charlemagne's insignia of power were not to be carried on the battlefield. The Imperial Crown, in any case, was not created until more than a century after Charlemagne's death. As for the scepter, it dates from the 14th ...