Back of the armorial chair of Jean Sans Peur (Jean de Valois or Jean I duc de Bourgogne), or John the Fearless (John of Valois or John I Duke of Burgundy), 1371-1419, carved by Jean de Liege, 1330-81, in the Musee des Beaux-Arts de Dijon, opened 1787 in the Palace of the Dukes of Burgundy in Dijon, Burgundy, France. The upper section is the coat of arms of Jean Sans Peur, with the lion of his mother Margaret of Flanders, and below are the symbols of Bethel County and the County of Burgundy, and angels holding musical instruments such as the unicorde, flute and viola. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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