Искусства и ремесла Средневековья

Tapestry

175

in шajest,y,and аrонпd him many caгdinals,and belo\v him mану princcs who present to him а cl1шch." Houselюld luxшy in England is indicatcd Ьу а quaint writer in 1586: " In noЫemeп's houses," he says," it is not rare to see аЬuпdансе of ar1·as,rich ha11giпgs,of tapestrie ... Turkie wood, pewte1·, brasse, анd fine liпen.... In times past the costly furniture stayed there,whereas no,v it is discarded yet lower,even нnto the inferior artificers,and шаnу farшers ... have f 01' the most part 1carned to garпish their beds witl1 tapestries and hangings,and their taЫes with carpetts a.nd finc napery." Henry VIII.was devoted to tapestry collecting,also. Ап agent who \Vas bнying for hiш iп the Netherlands iп 1538,wrotc to the king: " I Ьаvе шаdс а stay iн шу Ьапds of two hundr�d ells of goodly tapestry; tl1ere hatЬ not becn brought tl1is twenty year eny so good fOl' the price." Неnгу VIII. l1ad in his large collectioп шану sнbjects,ашопg theш such cha1·acteгistic pieces as: " ten peeces of t11c ricl1 story of King David " (in ,Yhich Batl1shcba doнbtlcss playcd an important рагt), " seveп pecccs of t11c StDI'ies of Ladics," " А реесе ,vitl1 а rnan and wо1ш1,11 and а flagon," "А реесе of Уегdше ...having poppinjays at thc nether со1·вс1·s," " Опс рессе of Susannah," " Six fine nevv tapcst1·ies of the History of Неlспа and Paris." А set of six " verdure " tapestries was owned Ьу Cardinal \Volsey,which " seгved fo1· the hangiпg of Durl1am Hall of inferior days." Tl1<� ]шngings in а liall