Sculptural detail, monumental fireplace, Palais
Detail of human figure as column support, holding a shell (a coquille Saint-Jacques), symbol of the name Jacques Coeur, from the monumental fireplace, destroyed in 1820 and reassembled in the 1930s, in the Salle des Festins or Hall of Feasts, in the Palais Jacques Coeur, huge manor house built 1443-51 in Flamboyant Gothic style, on the Place Jacques Coeur, Bourges, France. Jacques Coeur, 1395-1456, was a wealthy merchant and was made master of the mint to King Charles VII in 1438. The building is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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1443-51 Banqueting Bourges Centre-val Cher Civic Coeur Coquille Feasts Festins Monumental Saint-jacques Salle
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