Искусства и ремесла Средневековья

204 Arts а.пd Сгаfts iп tЬе Middle Ages

The little Ыасk outlines to the white silk faces, and to the glowing figures, give this \\'ОГk а peculiarly decoгa­ tive quality, not often seen in other embroideries of the period. It is unique and one of the most valuaЫe examples of its агt in the world. It is now in the Тгеаs­ шу of the Yatican. ,vhen Charleшagne sang the Gospel at Нigh Mass on the day of his Coronation, this ,vas his Ycstmcnt. It шust liave been а stшпgely gшgeous sight wЬcn Cola di Rieпzi, accoгdiпg to Lord Lindsay, took this dalmatic, and placed it over his armoш-, and, witli his СГО'\Уn and tгunclieon, asceпded to tЬе palace of the Popes ! А very cшious Italian piecc of thc fourteenth ccntшy is an alta1· froпtal, оп ,vhich tЬе subjects introduced а1·е strange. It displays sccnes fгош the life of St. Ubaldo, ,vith sоше incidents also in that of St. Julian Hospitaler. St. Ubaldo is seen foгgiving а mason who, having гun а ,vall acгoss 11is pгivatc grounds, had knocked the saint do\vn fог reшonstгating. Another scene shows the deatЬ bed of the saint, and thc conversion of а possessed man at the foot of the bed: а lady is thгowing hег arms above her head in astonishment while the evil spirit flies fгom its victim into the air. Later, the saint is scen going to the grave in а cart drawn Ьу oxen. The peacock was symbolical both of knightly vigilance and of Christian watchfulness. An old Anglo-Norman, Osmont, writes: "The eye-speckled feathers should warn а mап tЬat nevcr too often can he have his eyes wide open, and gaze iп,vaгdly upon his o,vn heart." Thcse