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Above hangs a painting representing the Governor of Chateauneuf Randon,
laying the keys of the town upon the dead body of the Constable.(4)

[Illustration: 13. Effigy of Jean de Beaumanoir.]

Many of the streets of Dinan preserve the character of the Middle Ages,
the houses upon columns forming a kind of porch or covered way; and most
curious of all is the dirty, steep, narrow, winding street, called the Rue
de Jerzual, a ravine extending from the top of the town, in one pitch, to
the river's edge. The Museum at the Mairie has an interesting collection
of tumulary slabs--recumbent figures taken from different churches and
abbeys, mostly from the Beaumanoir chapel of the Abbey of Lehon. There is
one of Jean de Beaumanoir, son of the hero of the "Combat des Trente,"
treacherously slain by his steward. He is represented in full armour, but
with his head bare, to indicate the manner of his death. The effigy of his
wife is also in complete armour, but on the belt that encircles her waist,
like those worn by the knights, is sculptured a wreath of roses. She was a
Du Guesclin by birth, and her feet repose upon an eagle, the bearing of
her house. The statue of Roland, Vicomte de Dinan, one of the nine great
Barons of Brittany in the twelfth century, is of gigantic proportions; the
warrior is clad from head to foot in chain mail, but he holds one of his
gauntlets in his hand. In the Museum is also a clock given to the city of
Dinan by the Duchess Anne, inscribed with the name of its maker and the
date of its construction: "1498, a Nantes par M. Hainzer de cette ville."
The ancient bronze standard measures (etalons) of Dinan are decorated with
the arms of the City, and Gothic inscriptions in relief, "Cart (quart) a
gros ble pour Dinan"--"Cart a fourmant (froment) pour Dinan"--and "Bouesceau
a scel (boisseau a sel) pour Dinan." Portraits of Du Guesclin and other
Breton worthies are in one of the rooms (Salle de l'Odeon). That of the
Constable answers to the description given of his appearance. He was low
in stature, with large Breton head, broad shoulders, long arms, and large
hands. His eyes were green, and his complexion swarthy: "la peau noire
comme un sanglier."

[Illustration: 14. Chateau of L