Искусства и ремесла Средневековья

228 Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages

who worked at Orvjeto, stone masons, mosaicists, bronze foнndcrs, painteгs, and minor wшkmen. Не lived until 1330, and practically devoted his life to Oгvieto. It is unccrtain wliether any of tl1e Pisani ,vere employed iн any capacity, altlюugh for а time it ,vas popнlarly sup­ posed that the four picl·s on the fa<;ade ,vеге tЬeil· ,Y01-k. Ав iconogгaphic description of thesc sclllµtuгes ,votllcl осспру too much tiшe l1еп', but onc or t,vo featш-es of spccial inteгest slюпld Ье пoted: the little poгt1·ait 1·elief of the master Maitani l1imself оссшs on thc fourth pier, anюng the Elcct iв Ьeaven, ,veaгing his ,vorkman's сар and car1·ying his aгchitect's squaгe. Only his head and shoulde1·s can Ьс seen at the cxti·eme left of the second tieг of sculptuгes. Iп accordance ,vith an eai·ly tгadition, tЬat Virgil ,vas iп some ,vise а prophct" and tЬat l1e had fOl'etold tЬе coшing of Chгist, he is hеге int1·oduced, on the secoнd pier, пеаг the basc, crowned with laurel. Thc incident of the cutting off of tl1e seгvant's ear, Ьу Petei·, is positively eпte1·taining. Реtег is sa,ving a,vay indнstriously at the offendiпg member; а fisl1e1·шan ought to understand а more deft use of the knife ! Iп the sceвes of the C1·eation, depicted on the fiгst pier, Maitaпi ]1as provcd hiшself а real natшe love1· in tl1c tевdег way hc has deшonstгated the joy of the Ьiгс1s at fiпding t]1e usc of tЬei1· ,vjngs. ТЬе eaгlicst sculptшes in F1·ance ,ve1·e vегу rude, - it was ratl1eг а process than an агt to decoгate а bпilding \Yit]1 carvings as tl1e Gauls did ! But the latent l:ace talent was tl1e1·e; as soon as the Romanesque and