Искусства и ремесла Средневековья

152 Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages

for their living for many centuries. Froissart alludes t,o this clock, saying: "The Duke of Burgundy caused to Ье carried away from the market place at Courtray а clock that struck the hours, one of the finest which could Ье found on either side of the sea: and he con­ veyed it Ьу pieces in carts, and the bell also, ,vhich clock was brought and carted into the town of Dijon, in Bur­ gundy, where it was deposited and put up, and there strikes the t,venty-four hoшs between day and night." This was in 1382, and there is no knowing how long the clock may have performed its functions in Courtray pгior to its removal to Dijoп. The great clock at Nuremberg slю,vs а procession of tЬе Seven Electors, ,vho соте out of one door, pass in froпt of the thгone, eacl1 tuгning and doing obeisance, and pass on through anotheг door. It is quite imposing, at noon, to watch this pгocession гepeated twelve times. The clock is called the Mannleinlauffen. In the Statutes of Francis I., there is а clause stating t.hat clockmakers as ,vell as goldsmiths were authorized to ешрlоу in their ,vork gold, silver, and all other materials. In \Vells Cathedral is а cшious clock, on which is а figure of а monarch, like Charles I., seated above the bell, ,vhich he kicks with l1is heels ,vhen the hour comes round. Не is popularly known as "Jack Вlandiver." TЬis clock came oгiginally from Glastonbury. On the hour а little tournament takes place, а race of little шounted knights rushing out in ciгcles and charging cach other vigoгoнsly.