Искусства и ремесла Средневековья

208 Arts and Crafts in the l\1iddle Ages

" Реnпе fit ше " (Penne made me), pointiпg to the existence of а needlewoгker of that name. Among the names of the fourteenth centuгy а1·е those of Gautier de Bruceles, Renieг de Treit, Gautieг de Poulogne, and Jean de Laon, wllile Jean Harent of Calais is recOl'ded as having ,voгked, for Mme. d'A1·tois, iп 1319, а гоЬе decoгated "а bestelettes et а testes." These names prove that the art had been taught in many cities апd couпt1·ies: Ogieг de Gant, Jcan de Savoie, Etienne le Hongre, and Roger de Vareпnes, all suggest а cosmo­ politaп and dispcгsed пuшЬе1· of woгkeгs, who finally all appeared in Paris. Rene d'Anjoн l1ad in his employ а workeг iв embroid­ ery, named Рiе1те dн Villant. This aгtist executed а set of needlework pieces fOl' tlle Cathedгal of Angeгs, of such important pгopOl'tions that they wеге kno,Yn collectively as "La Grande Broderie." In 1462, ,vhen tЬеу \Yere put in place, а special mass was ре1·fогшеd Ьу way of а dedicatioв. Tl1e letter ,vl1ich accompaвied tbls p1·incely donation contained the follo,ving sen­ tences: " \Ve, Rene, Ьу tЬе G1·ace of God . . . give . . . to this chuгch . . . the adoшmeпts fOl' а chapell all composd of golden embгoidc1·y, coшprising five pieces " (whicl1 аге enuшerated) " and an altaг clotl1 illustrated ,vitl1 sceпes fгош the Passion of Our Savioш. . . . Given in our castle in Angers, tl1e fouгth day of March, 1462. Rene." In 1479 another alta1· froпtal ,vas pгesented. Т,Уо othe1· rich clшpels \Уеге endo,ved Ьу Rene: one was