Images of Medieval Art and Architecture

The Treasure of Saint Denis

Throne of Dagobert

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First Mentioned in On Administration by Abbot Suger

We also restored the noble throne of the glorious King Dagobert, on which, as tradition relates, the Frankish kings sat to receive the homage of their nobles after they had assumed power. We did so in recognition of its exalted function and because of the value of the work itself.

Translated by Dr. David Burr of the History Department of Virginia Tech, and reproduced here with his kind permission.

History

• Taken to the Cabinet of Antiques in 1791,
• Used in the Coronation of Napoleon.
• Now in the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris.

Notes

• Cast bronze, traces of gilding.
• Height, Max 104 cm., Maximum width, 82 cm.

Bibliography

Conway, (1915), p. 120-1. Click here for text

Babelon (1887), p.

Louvre, no. 5, pages 63-8.

Montesquion-Fezensac, I and II, no. 362, III pp. 116-8.

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