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Cushion of St. Remi, Coussin d'Alpais Carolingian silk and gold embroidery made c.852 by Abbess Alpheid (Alpais), b. c.794, sister of Charles the Bald. Inscription transcribed in 1646; some original letters differ. Horizontal letters are captioned below. Letters with uncertain original form/identification are in parentheses. Now on Byzantine(?) 10th-c.(?) silk twill 63.5 x 26 cm. Found in reliquary of St. Rémi 1795. Musée Saint-Rémi, Reims full object in glassed frame full, black and white with greater contrast HOCOPVS*EXIGV VM* M*PRAES...CL... HINC NCMARX XALPHEIDINIVSS IT CO HEIDINIVSSI INIVSSIT CONDE RE SIC CQVE DARE (X)... ...GIT (X) PROTVLITE PROTVLITETFAC TAMQVOD...O...O CERNISOPV QVAESVBH HONOREN(O)VO(*P) (*P)V(L)...(ILL)...(M)CONDIDI(TI)S (I)S(T)(abbreviation for VM?)(X) Q(VOSVSTE)NT... NT...C(R)...M Q(V)...CAP(V)T (X)REMIGII MIGIIM...(A)L...HEDIS VB S VB...QVE(I)VVE...R I(P)SIVSQVEP(R) ECES HANCSVPE (R)ASTRAFERAN TX second O in NOVO silk twill silk twill