Искусства и ремесла Средневековья

230 A1·ts and Crafts iв the �fiddle Ages

of stнdy, being elabOl'ately ornamented ,vith figure seulptures and otl1eг decoгativc шotives. Abbot Suger, tl1e art-cгaftsшaн раг excellence of the Пс cle France, \Vas tЬе scнlptoг in cliicf of St. Denis fгоm 1137 to 1180. This шagnificent fщ·аdе is Ьaгmonious i11 its tгеаtшепt, betokening plainly that onc b1·ain coп­ ceivecl апd t:aiтied онt the рlап. \Ve lшve поt tlie naшes of the minoг aгchitects апd sculptors ,Yho ,Уеге employed, but doнЬtless they ,vere the scholaгs апd follO\veгs of Sugeг, апd гende1,ed ,vork in а similaг шапnе1·. ТЬеrе are sоше пашеs ,vl1ich have been l1anded do\Vl1 frош early times iп Nшшаnсlу: опе Otho, anotheг Gашiег, апd а thiгd, Aпquetil, ,vblle а cгucifix carved Ьу Auquiliпus of :Мoissac ,vas populaгly believed to haYe Ьеен created Ьу cli\'i11e шeans. If опе ,Yill сошраге tlie statues of St. Тгорhiше of Aгles ,vitl1 tlюse at St. Deпis, it \Yill Ьс fouпd that tl1e latte1· агс bettei· rounded, those at St. Tгopblme beiпg coarsely Ьlocked онt; altlюugЬ at fi1·st glancc one ,vould say that tlieгc was little to clюose bet,veen tl1em. The old font at Ашiепs is vегу ансiепt, oldcr tЬan tl1e сlшгсh. It is seven feet long, and stands 011 shoгt square pieгs: it геsешЫеs а stone coffiп, апd ,vas ар­ рагевtlу so шаdе that а gro,vn регsов шigl1t Ье baptizecl Ьу immersion, Ьу lyiпg at fнll leпgtl1. A11gels holdiпg sc1·olls ai·e carvccl at its fош согпсгs, otlieгwise it is v � гу plain. ТЬеге is an aпcient Byzant ine Cl'llcifix at Amieпs, оп which the figшe of Ош Loгd is fully dшped, and on his