Not a portrait

Cardinal Leo

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Cut-out detail; background removed. Papal seal in the National Museum of Ireland. The photograph’s title attributes it to Innocent III and says it was found in Dublin. Paul and Peter are visible. — Sailko · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

On 8 November 1204, Leo places a crown on Kaloyan’s head at Tarnovo.

Scene 2 · Kaloyan

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Fresco · Unknown painter · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Joachim
Icon · Samokov School (artist unknown); Stolichanin (reproduction) · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Euthymius
Fresco · Unknown painter; Carlo Raso (photograph) · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
Innocent III
Not a portrait · www.vacacionesbulgaria.com (Infobgv) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Basil of Tarnovo
Icon · Unknown Byzantine painter · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Saint Peter
Contemporary portrait, 1259 · uploaded by bg:Потребител:Kandi · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Kaloyan

Second Tsardom

Kaloyan

Sources

Innocent III, Kaloyan and Archbishop Basil; Bulgarian translation Mihail Voynov and Ivan Duychev; notes Ivan Bozhilov; general editor Emil Iv. Dimitrov Преписка на българите с папа Инокентий III Държава и църква през XIII век. Синодик на цар Борил. Sofia: Slavika; digital transcription at kroraina.com · 1999 · 8–9, 22–25, 34–35, 46–53
Angel Nikolov Archaeological evidence of Bulgaria’s contacts with the Latin Empire and the Roman Church in the first half of the 13th century. Preliminary remarks PDF Studia Academica Šumenensia. Shumen University Press · 2021 · 8 · 227–260
Francesco Dall’Aglio Rex or Imperator? Kalojan’s Royal Title in the Correspondence with Innocent III PDF Studia Ceranea · 2019 · 9 · 171–185

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Carlo Raso; medieval painter unknown File:Pope Innocent III (Monastery of Subiaco).jpg Wikimedia Commons; media file description and imageinfo API
www.vacacionesbulgaria.com (Infobgv) File:Tsarevets-Panorama.jpg Wikimedia Commons; media file description and imageinfo API
Geoffrey de Villehardouin; translated by Frank T. Marzials Memoirs or Chronicle of the Fourth Crusade and the Conquest of Constantinople London: J. M. Dent,; Fordham University Internet Medieval Sourcebook · 1908 · 64–69, 87–102
Florin Curta Southeastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 500–1250 PDF Cambridge Medieval Textbooks. Cambridge University Press · 2006 · xxv

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www.vacacionesbulgaria.com · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Not a portrait: Tsarevets today. Illustration to the passage mentioning Cardinal Leo.

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www.vacacionesbulgaria.com (Infobgv) / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. A present-day overview of the fortified hill at Tarnovo. The reconstructed buildings are not an intact medieval capital. Unmodified. Processed image.

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Kaloyan and the captured emperor

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