Drawings Horn of Charlemagne
Object number
LDSAL2020.42.42
Production date
Pre 1839
Material
Paper
Pen
Ink
Watercolour
Pen
Ink
Watercolour
Technique
Drawing
Painting (Image-Making)
Painting (Image-Making)
Dimensions
Height: 397mm
Width: 234mm
Width: 234mm
Inscriptions
Inscription content
The Hunting Horn and baldrick [sic] of Charlemagne remaining in the Treasury of the Church of Aix la Chapelle.
Inscription content
The Horn is two feet in length
the baldrick of crimson velvet embroidered at the edge
The letters, ornamented at the ends are of Silver gilt-
the baldrick of crimson velvet embroidered at the edge
The letters, ornamented at the ends are of Silver gilt-
Inscription content
Archæologia Vol. XXIX. p. 368.
References
Reference (free text)
Henry Howard, 'The Hunting Horn of Charlemagne - Epitaph of the Empress Fastrada at Mentz - The Sword of Charlemagne - The Hunting Horn of Roland - Hunting Horn at Greystoke Castle', Archaeologia 29 (1842): 368-70.
