C9th Collection (#2)

The bronze statue of Charlemagne, digital improved reproduction of an original print 1880
7278160 The bronze statue of Charlemagne, digital improved reproduction of an original print 1880; Private Collection; (add.info.: The bronze statue of Charlemagne)

Catholic parish church of St. George, interior with wall paintings from the late Carolingian or Ottonian period (c)
7281459 Catholic parish church of St. George, interior with wall paintings from the late Carolingian or Ottonian period (c)

St. George's Catholic Parish Church, interior with wall paintings from the late Carolingian or Ottonian period
7281457 St. George's Catholic Parish Church, interior with wall paintings from the late Carolingian or Ottonian period; Oberzell, Reichenau, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany; (add.info.: St)

Mosaic painting, St. Peter presents the flag of to Leo III
7278130 Mosaic painting, St. Peter presents the flag of to Leo III; Private Collection; (add.info.: Mosaic painting, St. Peter presents the flag of to Leo III)

The Holy Face of Lucca, St. Martin's cathedral, Italy. c. 770-880
7264830 The Holy Face of Lucca, St. Martin's cathedral, Italy. c. 770-880; San Martino Cathedral, Lucca, Italy; (add.info.: The Holy Face of Lucca)

A noble woman or a Saxon Anglo queen, wearing a lilac dress with wide sleeves
FLO4707448 A noble woman or a Saxon Anglo queen, wearing a lilac dress with wide sleeves, and a blue scarf covering her head and neck, a red coat and a tunic colored gold decoree wine

King Henry I of Germania (or of Saxony, known as the Oiseleur, 867-936) and Henry II of the Holy Empire
FLO4702680 King Henry I of Germania (or of Saxony, known as the Oiseleur, 867-936) and Henry II of the Holy Empire, known as the lame or the Saint (973-1024) - King Henry I the Fowler

Beaver hunting Page taken from "Physiologus" (Physiologos or physiologist), 11th century manuscript
GIA5033411 Beaver hunting Page taken from "Physiologus" (Physiologos or physiologist), 11th century manuscript.; (add.info)

Henry I of Saxony (or Germania) called the Oiseleur (876-936) meets Charles III called the Simple (879-929)
NWI4944028 Henry I of Saxony (or Germania) called the Oiseleur (876-936) meets Charles III called the Simple (879-929) - Henry I (the Fowler) meeting with Charles III (the Simple)

Couple of the nobility vetus in fashion of the high Middle Ages (5th-9th century)
NWI4957296 Couple of the nobility vetus in fashion of the high Middle Ages (5th-9th century) - Nobleman and noblewoman in fashions of the high Middle Ages

Romanesque architecture: view of the abbey of Saint Michel de Cuxa. 840 AD
JEB4962455 Romanesque architecture: view of the abbey of Saint Michel de Cuxa. 840 AD; (add.info.: Romanesque architecture: view of the abbey of Saint Michel de Cuxa. 840 AD); © Jean Bernard

Representation of Queen St. Mathilde of Ringelheim (896-968) helping the poor. 19th century, (engraving)
ELD4911370 Representation of Queen St. Mathilde of Ringelheim (896-968) helping the poor. 19th century, (engraving).; Private Collection; (add.info.: Matilda of Ringelheim)

Representation of Saint Ludger (died 809) Christian missionary, founder of the Abbey of Werden and Helmstedt
ELD4911096 Representation of Saint Ludger (died 809) Christian missionary, founder of the Abbey of Werden and Helmstedt (also Ludiger or Liudger) missionary among the Frisians and Saxons

Art of the Middle Ages: The Charlemagne kings (Charles I known as Charles the Great 742-814)
JEB4913169 Art of the Middle Ages: The Charlemagne kings (Charles I known as Charles the Great 742-814) and Louis IX known as Saint Louis (Saint Louis, 1214-1270)

A hydropic, from a Greek manuscript from the 9th century
GIA5036727 A hydropic, from a Greek manuscript from the 9th century.; © Giancarlo Costa

Representation of the prophete Ezechiel Codex de San Gregorio di Nazianza (Nazianzeno) (Saint Gregoire de Nazianze)
GIA5035961 Representation of the prophete Ezechiel Codex de San Gregorio di Nazianza (Nazianzeno) (Saint Gregoire de Nazianze)

Portrait of a free soldier under the regne of Charlemagne in the 9th century
NWI4892674 Portrait of a free soldier under the regne of Charlemagne in the 9th century. Colour engraving after a 19th century illustration.; (add.info)

Portrait of Eginhard (Einhard, Einhart, Einard, 775-840) Carolingian historian with Emma (Imma)
ELD4919066 Portrait of Eginhard (Einhard, Einhart, Einard, 775-840) Carolingian historian with Emma (Imma) his wife (Einhard (also Einhard or Einhart) Frankish scholar and broker with his wife Imma

Portrait of Charlemagne emperor and king of Franks standing in front of a crowd of children (742-814)
ELD4859485 Portrait of Charlemagne emperor and king of Franks standing in front of a crowd of children (742-814) Lithograph from Saintes

Viking boats at the siege of Paris, ca 1900 (illustration)
7422848 Viking boats at the siege of Paris, ca 1900 (illustration); (add.info.: History. France. Viking boats at the siege of Paris, 885-886)

9th Century women's brooches
5304686 9th Century women's brooches.; (add.info.: Icelandic Women's brooches, ornamented similarly to that from Viking Age Scandinavia)

Louis III (863-882) French king in 879-882, engraving
1758316 Louis III (863-882) French king in 879-882, engraving; (add.info.: Louis III (863-882) French king in 879-882, engraving); Photo: Tallandier

Charlemagne showing his courtiers the value of his sheepskin cloak (engraving)
8626241 Charlemagne showing his courtiers the value of his sheepskin cloak (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

IXth and XIIIth centuries women's headdresses (litho)
8677406 IXth and XIIIth centuries women's headdresses (litho) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: IXth and XIIIth centuries women's headdresses)

Cow Suckling a Calf, c.900 (sandstone)
5862064 Cow Suckling a Calf, c.900 (sandstone) by Indian School, (9th century); The Art Institute of Chicago, IL, USA; (add.info.: Madhya or Uttar Pradesh)

Map of Europe at the death of Charlemagne, 814 AD, from A Short History of the World, published c.1936
7125157 Map of Europe at the death of Charlemagne, 814 AD, from A Short History of the World, published c.1936; Photo © Ken Welsh. All rights reserved 2024

Catholic parish church of St. George, interior with wall paintings from the late Carolingian or Ottonian period (c)
7281456 Catholic parish church of St. George, interior with wall paintings from the late Carolingian or Ottonian period (c)

St. Martin's cathedral. Ceiling of the nave. Lucca, Italy. 9th-12th century
7264833 St. Martin's cathedral. Ceiling of the nave. Lucca, Italy. 9th-12th century; San Martino Cathedral, Lucca, Italy; (add.info.: Duomo San Martino. St. Martin's cathedral)

The Pillar of Eliseg
7243376 The Pillar of Eliseg; Private Collection; (add.info.: The Pillar of Eliseg, aka Elise's Pillar or Croes Elisedd, near Valle Crucis Abbey, Denbighshire, Wales)

Plaque depicting an Egyptian man holding a lotus flower, Phoenician art from Nimrud, Mesopotamia
3288402 Plaque depicting an Egyptian man holding a lotus flower, Phoenician art from Nimrud, Mesopotamia, c.9th-8th century BC (ivory); Iraq Museum, Baghdad; Photo © Zev Radovan

Charlemagne (742-814) crowned by Pope Leo III, 1844 (engraving)
ELD4956852 Charlemagne (742-814) crowned by Pope Leo III, 1844 (engraving); Private Collection; (add.info.: Charlemagne (742-814) crowned by Pope Leo III (c750-816)

King Edgar the Peaceful of England and portrait of King Alfred the Great of Wessex, 9th century
FLO4623235 King Edgar the Peaceful of England and portrait of King Alfred the Great of Wessex, 9th century. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Verico from Giulio Ferrario's Costumes Ancient

Representation of the prophete Jeremie Codex de San Gregorio di Nazianza (Nazianzeno) (Saint Gregoire de Nazianze)
GIA5035965 Representation of the prophete Jeremie Codex de San Gregorio di Nazianza (Nazianzeno) (Saint Gregoire de Nazianze). Greek manuscript from the 9th century.; © Giancarlo Costa

Allegoric Representation of Time, Codex de San Gregorio di Nazianza (Nazianzeno) (Saint Gregoire of Nazianze)
GIA5036776 Allegoric Representation of Time, Codex de San Gregorio di Nazianza (Nazianzeno) (Saint Gregoire of Nazianze) - Greek manuscript of the 9th century; © Giancarlo Costa

Portrait of Abu Bakr Mohammad Ibn Zakariya al-Razi (al Razi), also known as Razi or Al-Razi (Al Razi)
XEE5031789 Portrait of Abu Bakr Mohammad Ibn Zakariya al-Razi (al Razi), also known as Razi or Al-Razi (Al Razi), or Ar-Razi (Ar Razi)

Charlemagne, the emperor with a flowery beard - Charlemagne, called the King with the Grizzly Beard in the Song of
NWI4944174 Charlemagne, the emperor with a flowery beard - Charlemagne, called the King with the Grizzly Beard in the Song of Roland

Abbey of Gellone in Saint Guilhem-le-Desert in the Herault, founded in the 9th century
YOU4418276 Abbey of Gellone in Saint Guilhem-le-Desert in the Herault, founded in the 9th century, Romanesque architecture Languedoc

King Alfred the Great (849-899) forgets the cakes prepared by the Danish house under her roof in Athelney
ELD4874045 King Alfred the Great (849-899) forgets the cakes prepared by the Danish house under her roof in Athelney, and burns them, 878 - Back in the little house

Middle Ages: Charlemagne, king of the Franks with his wife Queen Hildegarde of Vintschgau and his Court
NWI4862650 Middle Ages: Charlemagne, king of the Franks with his wife Queen Hildegarde of Vintschgau and his Court. Colourful engraving of the 19th century.; (add.info.: Middle Ages: Charlemagne)

Representation of Taraise of Constantinople (730-806) refusing to grant annulment of the marriage of Emperor
ELD4911780 Representation of Taraise of Constantinople (730-806) refusing to grant annulment of the marriage of Emperor Constantine VI (771-797) with his wife Mary of Amnia on January 3, 795

Charles II the Bald - CHARLES II " the Bald" (823-877). Holy Roman Emperor (875-877)
CUL4876496 Charles II the Bald - CHARLES II " the Bald" (823-877). Holy Roman Emperor (875-877) and King of West France (843-877). ARIOSTO, Filippo (16th century). Painting. SPAIN

Emperor Charlemagne (747-814) designating his successor, his son Louis of Aquitaine
ELD4919124 Emperor Charlemagne (747-814) designating his successor, his son Louis of Aquitaine (Louis I the Pious or the Debonnaire, 778-840)

Saint Ansgar, Germanic Archbishop of Hamburg and Bremen, 1866 (engraving)
UTD4918888 Saint Ansgar, Germanic Archbishop of Hamburg and Bremen, 1866 (engraving); (add.info.: Anschaire (Oscar) de Breme (801-865) - Saint Ansgar, Germanic Archbishop of Hamburg and Bremen

Costumes of Anglo-Saxon women: in coat (63), in coat with a loose veil, whose edges fall on her shoulders
FLO4707517 Costumes of Anglo-Saxon women: in coat (63), in coat with a loose veil, whose edges fall on her shoulders, revealing the neckline of her dress (64)

Women's costume in the reign of Charles the Bald, after a contemporary manuscript, 9th century
FLO4685883 Women's costume in the reign of Charles the Bald, after a contemporary manuscript, 9th century. Handcoloured steel engraving by Polidor Pauquet from the Pauquet Brothers " Modes

Musical Notation: Lament written on the death of Charlemagne in 814 using Neumes or Meumes notation
528003 Musical Notation: Lament written on the death of Charlemagne in 814 using Neumes or Meumes notation. 7th to 11th centuries (musical manuscript); (add.info)

Fingal's Cave, Island of Staffa, Scotland 1884 (Oil on canvas)
8766654 Fingal's Cave, Island of Staffa, Scotland 1884 (Oil on canvas) by Moran, Thomas (1837-1926); 62.9--76.2 cm; High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia

Fan of the Fujiwara period, Heian period (794-1185)
AIS5377870 Fan of the Fujiwara period, Heian period (794-1185); Tokyo National Museum, Japan; (add.info.: Japanese decorative arts.); © Iberfoto

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"C9th: A Glimpse into the Rich Tapestry of the 9th Century" Step back in time to the 9th century, a period teeming with cultural, religious, and historical significance. This captivating era comes alive through various intriguing glimpses that reveal its diverse facets. One such glimpse is a double page from a Qur'an adorned with kufic script. Created in the late 9th century AD, this exquisite piece showcases the artistry and devotion prevalent during this time. Emperor Charlemagne's visit to a school highlights his profound interest in education and learning. His patronage of scholars earned him the title of patron of schools, leaving an indelible mark on medieval education. The Middle Ages witnessed influential figures like Pope John VIII and Pope Nicholas I. Representations of these popes drawn from "I misteri del vaticano" by Franco Mistrali provide insights into their powerful roles within Christianity during this epoch. Warriors clad in chain-mail suits of armor take us on a journey through military history. Danish soldiers from 1796 engraving stand alongside Anglo-Saxon soldiers from the same era, showcasing their formidable presence on ancient battlefields. Delving deeper into spirituality, we encounter remarkable artifacts like the head of Buddha carved between 800-830 AD and Nagaraja guardstone crafted between 800-900 AD. These sacred relics offer glimpses into different faiths flourishing during this period. Anglo-Saxon kings hold court upon ornate thrones while equerries accompany them onto battlefields; these engravings depict both regal authority and martial prowess characteristic of rulers during this time. Lastly, we encounter a bust of a Yogini sculpted from sandstone around 800-900 AD. This mesmerizing artwork reflects spiritual practices prevalent in ancient India during an era when mysticism held great sway over society.