Winged deer relief, Palais Jacques Coeur, Bourges, France
Relief of 2 winged deer, a doe and a buck, above the door to 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. The animals are symbols of royalty, but also hermetic symbols - Fulcanelli stated that Jacques Coeur was an alchemist and it is believed that some of these symbols refer to alchemy. 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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