Carolus, Duke of Lower Lorraine and Gerberga

Inscription: Upper left corner in pen and brown ink: Carolus F / Ludovici / Simplicie

Above Carolus' cap, pointing to the brim, goude strepen (golden stripes), and pointing to the crown of the cap, root (red);

at center, pointing to Carolus' armor, heel gout / met perlen / aen elck blat (all gold with pearls on each leaf)

below that, pointing to the shoulder cape, gout (gold)
on the attached flap of paper, pointing to his sleeve, blawe flouweel / met goude lelien (blue velvet with golden lilies)

at upper margin center, Gerberga

in upper right corner, pointing to Geberga's headdress, van enckel gout ende perlen / huyfwys ghevrocht (entirely of solid gold and pearls, worked [bound] in the way of a coif)

below that, also pointing to headdress, gront van / gout ghesteken / de bloeme root (the ground of gold embroidery, the flowers red);

at right margin center, pointing to her veil draped over the right shoulder, wit met swart / ghesteken (white embroidered with black);

below that, pointing to fringe of her shoulder-cape, witte / bray . . .(?) (white fringe?)
below that, on cape itself, root (red)
on her gown, goude laken (gold fabric) and on the right sleeve, gout (gold)

Marquis Charles de Valori; sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, Paris February 13-14, 1908, no. 73(as Flemish School, 15th century); Wildenstein & Co., Inc.; Vendor: Wildenstein & Co., Inc.

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