Искусства и ремесла Средневековья

170 A1·ts апd C1·af'ts iп tl1e l\fiddle Ages

sentation of 11 Dinner," gi ving а feast to " Good Сош­ раnу, " \vhile " Baпquet" and "Maladies" attack the guests ! This sсепе is follo\ved Ьуthe arrest of "Souper " and 11 Banqнet" Ьу 11 Experience, " wЬо condemns theш both to die for their cruel treatшent of the Feasteгs ! There is ап old poem wгitten Ьу а шonk of Chester, named Bradsha\v, in which а large hall decorated \vith tapest1·ies is described as follows:

" All herbs and flo,vers, fair and sweet, \Vere stra"·ed in halls, and laycl нncler their feet; Cloths of golcl, and arras were hanged on the wall, Depainted ,vith pictнres and stories manifold \Vell wrought and craftely."

А set of tapestries was madc Ьу some of the monks of Troycs, who \Vorked upon the higЬ loom, displaying scenes froш the Life of the :Мagdalcn. This task \Vas evidently not cleYoid of the lightel' eleшents, for in the Ыll, the good brotl1ers шаdе charge fог such wine as they drank 11 whcn thcy consнlted together in regard to the life of the Saint iн question ! " Among the most interesting tapestries are those representing sceпes fгош the "\Vars of Troy, in South Kensiпgton. They are crowded with detail, and in this respect cxhiЫt nюst satisfactorily the beaнties of the craft, \vhich is eпhanccd Ьу sшall intricacies, and ren­ dered less iшpressive when tгeated in broad masses of unгelieved woven соlош. Another magnificent set, bear­ ing simil:11· characteгistics, is the History of Clovis at Rheims.