Editorial0310000057 Disc brooch, Merovingian, second half of the 7th century. Copper-alloy brooch decorated in repouss? (design hammered from the underside) with a low-relief figure personifying Rome enthroned, holding a long sceptre in her left hand and a figu...
EditorialBasina of Thuringia (438-477) husband of King Basinus. She herself took the initiative to ask for the hand of Childeric I, king of the Franks, and married him. Miniature 15th century: Marriage between Childeric I and Basina. "Les Chroniques de France"...
EditorialThe Franks Casket, Anglo-Saxon, first half of the 8th century. Box also known as the Auzon casket, made from the bone of a beached whale, richly carved on the sides and lid in high relief with a range of scenes. The decorated panel in the lid shows a G...
EditorialFight between Frankish and Saracen knights. Franks are identified by their conical hull and elongated shield, with the rounded top and the bottom pointed. The Saracens cover themselves with a turban and protect themselves with a circular shield. Fresco...
EditorialJeff Greenfield at RedHot Ranch, his stand in Chicago specializing in a minimalist hot dog often referred to as the ?Depression dog,? on June 18, 2022. (Anjali Pinto/The New York Times)
EditorialJeff Greenfield at RedHot Ranch, his stand in Chicago specializing in a minimalist hot dog often referred to as the ?Depression dog,? on June 18, 2022. (Anjali Pinto/The New York Times)
EditorialCharlemagne (742-814). King of the Franks, Lombards, and Holy Roman Emperor. Charlemagne administering justice in public. Chromolithography. La Civilizacion (The Civilization), tome III, 1882.
EditorialLucinda Franks with her husband Robert Morgenthau at their home in West Tisbury, on Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts, on Aug. 11, 2014. (Katherine Taylor/The New York Times)
EditorialLucinda Franks with her husband Robert Morgenthau at their home in West Tisbury, on Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts, on Aug. 11, 2014. (Katherine Taylor/The New York Times)
EditorialThe Franks Casket, Anglo-Saxon, first half of the 8th century. Box also known as the Auzon casket, made from the bone of a beached whale, richly carved on the sides and lid in high relief with a range of scenes. The decorated panel in the lid shows a G...
EditorialSpears of the Franks, 168,169, crossbow 170, arrow 171, flails or chain maces 172-174, hatchet 175, and Morgenstern (morning star) or spiked club 176. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalart's Historical Picture of the Costumes of th...
EditorialDagobert I (c.603/605-639 AD). King of Neustrian and Burgundy (629-639), King of Austrasia (623-629) and King of the Franks (629-634). Miniature of The Grandes Chroniques de France, 14th century. Dagobert I accompanied by his court atends the construct...
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