Искусства и ремесла Средневековья

166 Arts and C1·afts iв the Middle Ages

саше kno,vn as Arгas, ,vhile it still retaiпed its original паше, Noшenticuш, the weavers were faшous ,vho ,voгkcd there. In 282 А. D. tЬе ,voYen cloaks of Noшen­ ticuш ,vere spokcn of Ьу Flavius Vopiscus. The carliest гceord of geшiine Апаs tapestry оссшs in an order fгош the Countess of Artois in 1313, ,vhen she dirccts hег гессivег" de faire fairc six tapis а А1таs." Ашопg thc craftsmeв at А1таs iн 1389 was а Saraccn, naшecl Jchan de Cгoisetes, and in 1378 there was а wшkег Ьу the паше of Ншvагt \Vallois. Several of its ,vorkшcn cmigratccl to J,ille, in the fifteenth century, aшong thcш one Simon Laшoury and anotl1eг, .Jehaп cle Rausart. In 1419 the Couпcil Chaшber of Ypres \Yas ornaшentcd with splendid tapest1·ics Ьу Fraш;ois dc \Vechtcr, ,vho dcsigned theш, and had tl1em exccuted Ьу Arras ,vo1·kшcn. ТЬе Van Eycks ancl Memliпc also designed tapestries, апd theгe is no doнbt that thc агt would have continued to slю\v а mоге coпsisteпt rcgard for the deшands of the шaterial if Raphael had neveг executed his brilliaпt ca.гtoons. Thc effoгt to Ье Ra­ phaelesquc гuiпed the effect of шапу а nоЫе piece of tcchnique, afte1· that. In 1302 а body of tcn cгaftsшcn forшed а Corporation iн Paris. The names of seYcral woгkmen at Lille have been handed do,vn to us. In 1318 .Теhап O1·gl1et is гc­ corded, and in 1368, ,vшaurne, а high-waгp worker. Penalties for false wшk were ехt1·еше. Опе of the best known workers in France was Bataille, ,vho was closely follo,vcd Ьу onc Dourdaiп.