Paris . H^TEL DE CLUKV (EAST WING). tiful collection of works of art, and the whole was purchasedby the State after his death. Approaching from the Rue de Sommerard, by a gatesurmounted by the arms of the Abbey of Cluny, we find 374 PARIS the principal building flanked by two wings. A many-sided tower projects from the front, containing a stonestaircase, and bearing the rose-medallions and cockle-shellsof S. James, in allusion to the builder Jacques h6tel de cluny (chapel). Opposite to this is an old well from the manor of TristanIHermite, near Amboise. The building on the west isth
Paris . H^TEL DE CLUKV (EAST WING). tiful collection of works of art, and the whole was purchasedby the State after his death. Approaching from the Rue de Sommerard, by a gatesurmounted by the arms of the Abbey of Cluny, we find 374 PARIS the principal building flanked by two wings. A many-sided tower projects from the front, containing a stonestaircase, and bearing the rose-medallions and cockle-shellsof S. James, in allusion to the builder Jacques h6tel de cluny (chapel). Opposite to this is an old well from the manor of TristanIHermite, near Amboise. The building on the west isthe most richly decorated portion of the whole. On thenorth side of the hotel, towards, the garden, are abeautiful bay-window and a vaulted hall called la chapelle HOTEL DE CLUNY yiS basse, the upper floor being supported by a single column,on the capital of which are seen the arms of JacquesdAmboise and a crowned K (Karolus) for Charles gothic flamboyant staircase leads from this hall to thechapel, which is on the first floor. The east wing formerlycontained, on its ground floor, the kitchens of the great circle traced on the wall on this side is supposedto mark the dimensions of the famous bell of Rouen, knownas Georges dAmboise, which is said to have been cast inthe Hotel de Cluny. The open balustrade above the firstfloor, the chimneys and the windows in the roof, are ofmarvellous richness and beauty. The interior of the hotelis as in
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