Искусства и ремесла Средневековья

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piece of old embroidery. The Arms of the Company аге also emЬlazoned. Freнch embroideгers аге known Ьу name iп many instances; in 1299 allusion was made to " Clemeвt le Brodeur," who furnished а соре fol' the Count of Artois, and in 1316 а magnificent set of haпgings \vas made for the Queen, Ьу one Gautier de Poнlleigny. Nicolas Waquier was armoшer and embгoidereг to King John in 1352. Among Court workers in 1384 wеге Рег1·iв Gale, and Heпriet Gautier. In the "Book of Rules" Ьу Eticnne Boileau, governing the '' Embгoiderers авd embroideresses of the City of Pai·is," one of the chief laws was that no work should Ье permitted in the eve­ нing, " because the woгk of the night cannot Ье so good or so satisfactory as that accomplisl1ed in the day.'' "\Vl1en one гemembcrs the faciiities fог evening Iightiпg in the шiddie ages, one fully app1·eciates the trнth of this statement. Matthew Paгis, in his Lifе of St. Alban, tells of an excellent embгoideress, Cl1I'istine, Prioгess of Margate, \vho lived in the шiddle of the twelfth ceпtury. In the thirteenth century several names occur. Adam de Bazinge made, in 1241, Ьу order of Нешу III. of Eng­ laпd, а соре for the Bishop of Hereford. Cunegonde, Abbess of Goss, in Styria, accomplished numerous impoгtant works in that period. Also, Henry III. employed Jean de Sumercote to make jewelled robes of state. On а certain thirteenth century chasuЫe are the woгds