Bust of Charlemagne. c. 1350. It is a reliquary holding a part of the emperor’s skull, held by the Aachen Palatine Chapel treasury. Charles the Great, also known as Charles I, was a busy fellow. He ruled as King of the Franks and Lombards from 768, and as the first Holy Roman Emperor from 800-814.
On Christmas Day, in the year of our Lord 800, a momento…
