Искусства и ремесла Средневековья

206 Arts and Сгаfts in tl1e l\1iddle Ages

portant floгal tributes to-day. "The Lшd Po,vys went to thc Queere Doore," ,vrites Leland, ",vheгe two gentleшen ushe1·s delivered hiш а riche pall of cloth of gould of tissue, which he offered to the COI'pse, ,УЬе1·е two Officers of the Arшes received it, and laid it along the corpse. The Lord Dudley in like manneг offeгed а pall ...the Lord Gгеу Ruthen offered another, and every each of the thrce Earls offered to the corpse tl1ree palls of the samc clotl1 of gould ...all the palls \Yere layd cгosse over the corpse." The account of the obsequies of Henry VII. also con­ tains mention of these fuпeral palls: the Eai·ls and Dukes came in procession, from the Vestry, with "certaiп palls, which everie of them did bring solemnly bet,veen thei1· hands and coming in order one before anothcr as they Vi'e1·e in degree, unto the said he1·se, they kissed thei1· �aid palls ...and laid them upon the Кing's corpse." At Ann of Cleves' buгial the same thiпg was repeated, in 1557. Fiпally these rich shimmeriпg hangings саше to Ье known iв England as "cloth of pall," whetl1e1· thcy were used for funeгals or coronations, fOI' bridals or pageants. The London City Guilds possessed magnificent palls; especially well known is that of the Fishmongers, witl1 its kneeling angels swinging censers; this pall is fre­ quently l'eproduced in works on embroidery. It is embroidered magnificcntly ,vith angels, saints, and strange to say, meгшaids. The peacock's wings -of the angels шаkе а most dccOI'atiYe featuгc in this famoнs