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March 16, 2009
Focus
Yes, really, I went all that way for this photograph.
Einhard, Charlemagne's biographer, reports that shortly before Charles died the word PRINCEPS faded from the inscription sinopide scriptum, "written in red."
Magical thinking, or prophecy?
The mosaic inscription as it stands is a 19th Century restoration - but I like it.
Posted by CrankyProfessor at March 16, 2009 9:05 PM