Chapter XVIII

Alcuin’s latest days.—His letters mention his ill health.—His
appeals for the prayers of friends, and of strangers.—An
affectionate letter to Charlemagne.—The death scene 298

APPENDICES

A. A letter of Alcuin to Fulda 305

B. The report of the papal legates, George and Theophylact, on
their mission to England 310

C. The original Latin of Alcuin’s suggestion that a treatise by
Felix should be sent to the Pope and three others 319

D. The Donation of Constantine 320

E. Harun Al Raschid and Charlemagne 324

INDEX 325

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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Plate I. St. Martin’s, Tours, before the pillage _To face page_ 210

Plate II. The Tour St. Martin 211

Plate III. The Tour Charlemagne 212

Plate IV. The Tomb of St. Martin 213

Plate V. Some remains of Marmoutier 222

Plate VI. Early capital at Cormery 227

Plate VII. Elephant from robes in the tomb of Charlemagne 290

Plate VIII. Inscription worked into the above robe 291

Plate IX. Silk stuff of the seventh or eighth century 292

Plate X. Archbishop Boniface’s form for renouncing the devil 295

Plate XI. The earliest piece of English prose 296

Plate XII. The earliest piece of English verse 297

ALCUIN OF YORK.