Cluny Museum, 2

Continuing our visit to the Cluny Museum...

In a building of tis age, there is always graffiti aplenty
to look at

A plaque of the hallmarks of the 146 goldsmiths of
Rouen, dated 1408; stemming from a royal decree in
1355 

Childrens' toys, maybe from a doll house

Cluny's most celebrated items are the six "Lady and the Unicorn"
tapestries of wool and silk, c. 1500, from Bossac; five of the six
huge tapestries suggest the five senses; of course no pix can do
justice to the size, detail, and wonderful color of these tapestries

I leave it to a homework assignment to say which
tapestry represents which sense

The sixth and largest tapestry, "my sole desire" (so it says on the
tent), is a mystery that has puzzled writers and other since George
Sand...does it suggest a sixth sense ("I see dead people...") or 
something else? or what?

From a room of weapons, etc.

Interior scene

Now, time-traveling, we are in the frigidarium, the
cold plunge part of the Roman baths; a huge hall

"Toga! Toga!"

And in Latin too

And finally, pre-Roman torcs and other Celtic gold work

Outside view of the Medieval side of the complex

And just across a little pocket park, part of the Sorbonne, which was

built on the site of the abbey school in the mid-13th century

After our visit, we strolled a bit in the neighborhood, then had dinner at 

Polidor, a restaurant I'll treat in a subsequent post on historic restaurants.