Искусства и ремесла Средневековья

156 Arts and Crafts in the М:iddle Ages

it is only nineteen inches ,vide, - а long narro"· ::,trip of eшbгoidery, in шаnу coloшs on а cream ,vhite grouncl. In all, therc are six hundгed апd t,venty-tl1гee figures, bcsides t,vo htшdred lюгscs апd dogs, fi;c huпdred анd five aniшals, thirty-scven buildings, fшtу-опе ships, forty-nine tтees, making iп all the astonishiпg шш1Ьеr of one thousand fivc huнdrecl and t,velve objects ! The colours are in vai·yiпg shacles of Ыuе, gгееп, red and yello,v ,,,orsted. Tl1e colours are нsed as а child employs crayons; just as they come to liand. ,v11еп а пeedleful of one thгeacl ,vas used нр, the next was takeв, apparently qнite i1тespectivc of the co]our or shade. Thus, а g1·een horsc ,vill Ье seen staпdiпg on recl legs, and а red horse " r ill spoгt а Ыuс stocking ! l\1r. J. L. Hayes belieYes that these vaгicoloшed апiшаl::; агс plaпned puгposely: that t,vo lcgs of а gгeen lюгsе аге reпdcrecl in геd on the fuгtl1eг sidc, to indicate peгspec­ tiYe, the sаше principle accountiпg fOl' t,vo Ыне legs on а yello,v hoгse ! The buildiпgs аге dra,vn in а vегу primitive way, ,vith­ oнt consideгatioп fo1· size 01· ргоршtiоп. The solid рагt of the emb1·oideгy is couched on, " 1 hile mнch of the work is only rendered in outline. Внt the spi1·ited little figнres are fнll of actioв, and suggest those in the cele­ brated Utгecht Psalter. Sometimes one figure will Ье as high as the whole width of the шaterial, while again, the people will Ье tiny. In the scene representing the burial of Edward the Confessor, in ,vestminster АЬЬеу, the гооf of the church is several inches lower than the