File:Bound Print, Plan du Lit de Justice (Plan of the Bed of Justice), 1756 (CH 18221209-2).jpg

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English: Bound Print, Plan du Lit de Justice (Plan of the Bed of Justice), 1756   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Engraved by François Nicolas Martinet
Title
English: Bound Print, Plan du Lit de Justice (Plan of the Bed of Justice), 1756
Description
English: Architectural floor plan of the "lit de justice," a formal session of parliament held at the royal palace under the supervision of the king. Plan contained within a decorative scrolling frame with festoons, the coat of arms of France at top--three fleurs de lys in an escutcheon surmounted by a crown. Below hang two balancing scales. Floor plan at center, the king's place marked in the upper left corner. Letters and numbers printed in the plate correspond to a key at either side explaining where and how each attending group would be positioned during the session. Title of plate framed below in an elaborate cartouche.
Date 1756
date QS:P571,+1756-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium etching and engraving on paper
institution QS:P195,Q1129820
Current location
Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design
Accession number
1921-6-205-13
Credit line Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
Notes
  • Type: Bound print
  • Inscribed: Printed in plate, lower center : Plan du Lit de Justice / Tenu par LE ROY le 13. Decembre 1756. Dans la Grande Chambre / du Parlement, au Palais, à Paris ; center left : 1. Le Roy. / 2. Le Dauphin. / 3. Les Princes du Sang et les / Pairs Laics. / 4. Les Pairs Ecclesiastiques et les / Maréchaux de France. / 5. Le G. Chambellan le Duc de / Bouillon. / 6. Le G. Ecuyer le C. de Brione / portant l’Epée de Parment. / 7. Les 4. Capitaines des Gardes / du Roy et le M. de Mon-mirel / Capitaine des Cent-Suisses de / la Garde du Roy. / 8. Le Chancelier de France. / 9. Le Premier President et les / Presidents à Mortiers. / 10. Petit degré qui monte au Trône / du Roy, ou se met ordinaire-ment le Prevôt de Paris, qui / ni êtoit pas. / 11. Le G. Maitre des Cérémonies. / 12. Le Maitre des Cérémonies. / 13. L’Aide des Ceremonies. / 14. Les deux Huissiers Massiers du / Roy à genoux. / 15. Les six Herauts d’Armes a / genoux. / 16. Les Chevaliers de l’Ordre. / 17. Les Gouverneurs des Provinces. / 18. Les Lieutenants des Provinces. / 19. Les Presidents des Enquêtes et / Requêtes avec les Ch. d’honneurs. / 20. Les Conseillers d’Etat et les / Maitres des Requêtes a la suitte / du Chancelier. / 21. Mrs. Les Secretaires d’Etat. ; center right : 22. Le Grand Prevôt de l’Hôtel en / plusieurs G. Officiers du Roy. / 23. Les Conseillers de la Grande / Chambre. / 24. Place du premier Greffier, qui / n’i êtoit pas, et du premier / Commis de la G. Chambre / avec deux petits Bureaux / devant-eux. / 25. Les Secretaires de la Cour. / 26. Les Gens du Roy. / 27. Les Conseillers des Enquêtes / et Requêtes. / 28. Le Premier Huissier de la G. / Chambre. / 29. Les Intendans des Menus- / plaisirs du Roy, et au dessus, la Lenterne ou etoit M.de la / Princesse de Condé. / 30. Petit passage au bout de la / Grande Chambre pour aller / au banc des Pairs Ecclesiasti- / ques, et au dessus, la Lenterne pour les Ambassadeurs. / 31. Gradinspour le Publique / Le Major des Gardes du Roy / debout. / Les six Gardes de la Manche / avec leurs cottes d’Armes et leurs / Pertuisanes. / 32. Porte d’entré du Roy. / 33. Les Gardes du Roy le Mous- / quelons sur l’Epaule. / 34. Place pour le Publique / debout.
  • Country: France
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