Искусства и ремесла Средневековья

202 Arts and Crafts ш tЬе Middle Ages

was produced Ьу pressing а heated metal knob into tl1e \voгk at such points as ,vere to Ье raiscd. The real em­ broideгy ,vas executed on а fiat surface, and then bossed up Ьу this means unt.il it lookcd like bas-relief. The �titches in every part run in zig-zags, the vestmcnts, and even the nimbl about the heads, аге all executed with the stitches slantiпg in one diгection, from the centre of tЬе соре out,Yard, \Yithout consideгation of the positions of the figures. Each face is ,vorkcd iв circular progression out,vard fгom the centrc, as ,Yell. The interlaces are of criшson, and look well on the g1·een ground. The wheeled CherнЫm is well developed in the design of this faшous соре, and is а pleasing decorat,iye Ыt of archaic ecclesiasticism. In the centгal desigп of the Crucifixion, tЬс figшe of thc Loгd is гendercd in silver on а gold gгoLшd. The anatoшy is accordiпg to the rules laid do,vв Ьу an old seгmonizeг, in а Ьооk en­ titled "The Festival," wl1erein it is stated that the body of Cl1гist " т аs " dra,vn on thc cгoss as а skiн of parchment on а harгow, so that all his bones might Ье told." ,vith such instгuction, theгe " c as nothing left for the medireYal emb1·oiderers but to геnс1ег the figuгe ,vith as шнсh realistic emaciation as possiЫe. The Ьeгaldic omaments on t.he Syon Соре агеcspecially iвteresting to all studeпts of this gracefнl агt. It is not онr puгpose here to make шucl1 allusion to this aspect of tl1e work, but it is of geneгal intcгest to kno,v that он thc огрhгеуs, the devices of шost of tЬе nоЫе families of that day appear.