Ornamental shield made from an elk’s antler
According to a local tradition this ornamental shield comes from the mortuary chapel of the Emperor Louis the Pious at Metz. Louis was the son and successor of Charlemagne. Although it has been called ‘Charlemagne’s shield’, it was probably made and hung in the chapel several centuries after Louis’s death.
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Ornamental shield made from an elk’s antler
According to a local tradition this ornamental shield comes from the mortuary chapel of the Emperor Louis the Pious at Metz. Louis was the son and successor of Charlemagne. Although it has been called ‘Charlemagne’s shield’, it was probably made and hung in the chapel several centuries after Louis’s death.
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According to a local tradition ...... centuries after Louis’s death.
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Volgens een lokale traditie st ...... jk in de grafkapel opgehangen.
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Rijksmuseum
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Ornamental shield made from an elk’s antler
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Schild van een elandgewei
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c. 1000 - c. 1199
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ca. 1000 - ca. 1199
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breedte 52 cm
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height 79 cm
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hoogte 79 cm
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width 52 cm
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Collectie: interieuronderdelen
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? Part of the funerary chapel ...... ransferred to the museum, 1960
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