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The primary reason was to see a special display at the Louvre, "Paris in 1400". This statue was at the entrance to the exhibit.
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| A folding table from 1480-1500. (256kb)
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Info on the table. (25kb) | A close up of the underside of the table. (298kb) |
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| A carved column (from 1500). (192kb)
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Info on the column. (16kb) | |
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| ???. (218kb) | Another shot.
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Info on ???. (38kb) |
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| A cool stained glass from 1230
showing a lap harp. (250kb) Is this evidence for a steel guitar?
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Info on the stained glass. (32kb) | A 15th century beam from
Val-do-Loire (196kb)
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| Info on the beam. (28kb) | A spiral column, centre piece of
a spiral staircase.
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Info on the spiral column. (48kb) |
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| Part of an altarpiece. (222kb) | Part of an altarpiece, showing
Saint Martin cutting his cloak to share with the beggar. (206kb)
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Part of an altarpiece showing the consecration of Saint Martin. (279kb) |
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| Part of an altarpiece. (288kb) | Part of an altarpiece showing the death of Saint Martin. (332kb) | Info on the altarpiece. (52kb)
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| Ivory cover of a book from
Venice, from around the end of the 11th century or beginning of the 12th
century. (239kb)
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Info on the ivory book binding. (50kb) | A stone corbel. (144kb) |
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| Two different moulds for casting. (181kb) | Weights of a quarter pound, a
pound, 1/8 pound, and half pound.
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A brooch with a lion/chimera on it. (141kb) |
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| Info on the lion brooch. (17kb)
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A tapestry showing wine making. (201kb)
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A wooden comb (with mirrors) from 1500. (222kb) |
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| Info on the first comb (with
mirrors) (14kb)
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Another wooden comb. (176kb) | Info on the 2nd comb. (14kb) |
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| Two seals, from 1400 and 1333. (201kb) | Some really cool candlesticks,
with an info card on these three and the next three. (161kb)
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The next three candlesticks. (146kb) |
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| A clasp from the beginning of
the 13th century (172kb)
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The end of really cool 14th
century belt.
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A shot showing more of the 14th century belt, including the buckle. (185kb) |
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| A shot of the top/middle of the first 14th century belt. (125kb) | An angled shot of the first belt. (173kb) | An info sign on the two belts
saying they are from the first half of the 14th century. (25kb)
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| A shot of the 2nd 14th century belt. (192kb) | A picture of two more belts,
from the 15th century, and 14th-15th century. (156kb)
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A carved mirror case from the 1st half of the 14th century. (195kb) |
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| A misericord, with a keg on a wheelbarrow. (126kb) | Another cool misericord showing a keg being tapped. (182kb) | A 1410-1420 illumination of God
thd Father, from the breviary of Gérard de Montaign. (281kb)
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| A really neat door knocker. (181kb) | Info on the door knocker.
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A pig face bascinet. (187kb) |
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| Info sign on the bascinet. (11kb)
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A chain shirt. (252kb) | A really neat 14th century dagger, and three sword pommels. (151kb) |
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After leaving the Cluny, we stopped the Design Museum to see the couple of neat things they had.
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| A chest. (155kb)
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A 14th century stool. (159kb) | A bed. (240kb) |