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Sculptural detail, Treasury Room, Palais Jacques Coeur, Bourges, France

Sculptural detail of a figure holding a lamp, in the Salle du Tresor or treasury room, in the Palais Jacques Coeur, huge manor house built 1443-51 in Flamboyant Gothic style, on the Place Jacques Coeur, Bourges, France. This small room has an iron door and was used for keeping the most precious objects in the household safe. 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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Sculptural detail of a figure holding a lamp, in the Salle du Tresor or treasury room, in the Palais Jacques Coeur, huge manor house built 1443-51 in Flamboyant Gothic style, on the Place Jacques Coeur, Bourges, France. This small room has an iron door and was used for keeping the most precious objects in the household safe. 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