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Pecten maximus, common names the great scallop, king scallop, St James shell or escallop, is a northeast Atlantic species of scallop, an edible saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Pectinidae. This is the type species of the genus.
La Coquille (French pronunciation: [la kɔkij]; Occitan: La Coquilha) is a commune in the Dordogne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.. La Coquille was on one of the five routes leading to Santiago de Compostela in Spain and it was in this parish that pilgrims were given a coquille Saint-Jacques, a scallop shell symbolic of the Way of St. James, the celebrated pilgrimage ...
Scallop (/ ˈ s k ɒ l ə p, ˈ s k æ l ə p /) [a] is a common name that encompasses various species of marine bivalve mollusks in the taxonomic family Pectinidae, the scallops.However, the common name "scallop" is also sometimes applied to species in other closely related families within the superfamily Pectinoidea, which also includes the thorny oysters.
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Jacques François Coquille was born on 1 August 1738 in Trois-Rivières in the island of Guadeloupe, in the French West Indies. [1] He was the son of Germain Coquille, a planter and royal councilor, and Claire Laurent.
Coquille, Oregon, a city in the U.S. state of Oregon La Coquille , a village and commune in the Dordogne département of western France Coquille River (Oregon) , a river in Oregon
A train derailment in rural Maine that spilled hundreds of gallons of fuel and hospitalized three workers was attributable to a beaver dam, state officials said. The April 2023 freight train ...
The statue of Saint John inside the porch is inscribed "IAN GVILLOME", that of Saint James the Greater is inscribed "S JACQ H,MAZE et JACQUES PICARD", Saint Thomas carries a phylactery reading "CARNIS RESURRECTIONEM" and just to the left "Y.RIVOAL 1632." Doré of course added the iconic "La dérision du Christ" to the Saint-Thégonnec calvary.