Искусства и ремесла Средневековья

168 Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages

In the Travels of ,Jean Lagгange, the author says that all carpets of Sшyrna and Caгamania are woven Ьу woшen. As soon as а girl can hold а shuttle, they stгetch cords bet,veen t,vo trees, to make а ,vагр, and then they giYe her all colours of ,vools, and leave her to her own devices. They tel1 her, "It is for you to make your own dowгy." Then, accшding to the iпЬот art in­ stinct of the child, she begins hег сагреt. Natшally, traditions and association "·itl1 otheгs engaged in tlш same puгsuit assist in tlie scЬeme and arгaпgement; usually the сагреt is not finished uпtil she is old eпough to шarry. а Тhеп," continues Lag1·ange, "two шasteгs, t"·o puгchasers, present theшselvcs; the one carries off а carpet, and the otheг а ,,·ifс." Ed,vard II. of England o\vпed а tapestry ргоЬаЫу of English make, descгibed as "а g1·een hangiпg of ,vool ,vove with figures of Kings аш1 Earls upon it." Тhеге was а гoisteгing BгitisЬeг called Jolш le Tappistere, who ,vas complained of Ьу certain people near Oxfoгd, as Ьaving seized М:аstег John of Sho1·editcl1, апd assaнlted and iшprisoned Ыm, coнfiscating his goods and chaгg­ ing hiш fifty pounds for ransoш. It is not stated ,vhat the gentleman frош Shoreditch had dопе thus to bring do,vn uров him the ,vгath of Jolш tl1e ,vcaver! Eпglish ,veavers had ratheг the гeputation of being fighters: in 1340 one Geoгge le Tapicier шurdered Jolш lc Dextre of Leiceste1·; ,vhile Giles de ]а Hyde also sle,v Thomas Tapicie1· in 1385. PossiЫy these гows оссштеd 011 accouпt of а practical infri11gcшcnt нрон the шап