Medieval style stucco coffered ceiling - ceilings

Description

The original ceiling was made of 35 squares in 5 different motifs, See plan unicorn, salamander, griffin, hedgehog, badger - with a spindle at each cross section. Unicorn http://www.stanford.edu/dept/fren-ital/cgi-bin/rbp/files/images/Licorne-a%20mon%20seul%20desir.jpg imagination animal the most important in the middle ages and renaissance Symbol of purity, A unicor horn was used at the french court to find the poison in the food. Griffin http://www.selefa.asso.fr/images/OISEAUX_05.jpg The griffin is one of the symbol of the chevaliers of the middle ages Hedgehog or porcupine. Symbol of the renaissance king Louis XII http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fichier:Porc_epic1.jpg Salamnder. Symbol of the renaissance King François 1st , cousin of Louis XII, http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fichier:Nutrisco_et_extinguo_Salamandre_de_Fran%C3%A7ois_I_Azay.jpg ermine - stoat Symbol of Anne de Bretagne, wife of the king Louis XII http://images.20h59.com/_images/200624/1187_1506060325_652.jpg