Искусства и ремесла Средневековья

232 A1is and Crafts iп tl1e Middle Ages

1226 ceгtain 1·cstoгations ,Уегс шаdе, and ап old chгonicle says that at tl1at tiшe it was quite fiгc-pгoof, remaгking: " It has пothing to fear from апу eartbly fire fгom this time to thc day of Judgшcпt, апd ,vill save fгom fii-cs eternal thc many Chгistiaпs ,vho Ьу tl1eir alшs have helpcd in its гebuilcling." The wlюle edifice \\·as coвsc­ cгated Ьу St. Louis on Oct. 17, 1260. The Кing gavc the north porch, апd seveгal of the ,viпdo,vs, аш.l the wlюle гоуаl family ,vas pгesent at this imprcssive fuпction. About the tiшc of \Villiaш tl1e Conqueror it Ьесаше customary to сагvе effigies on tomlJstoпes, at first simple figures in low relief lyiпg on flat slabs: tllis idea. being s0011 elabшated, howeveг, into caпopicd toшbs, which grew уеаг Ьу усаг more огваtе, uпtil Gothic st1·uctuгes enriched with finials and cгockets began to Ье erected in chuгches to such an extent tl1at the iвtегiш of the edifice was quite fillcd ,vitЬ tl1cse dignified little buildings. In шаnу iпstances it is qнite impossiЫe to оЬtаiп any view of thc sanctuaгy except looking directly down the central aislc; thc whole ambulato1·y is oftcn one continuous succession of exquisite sepulchral monumcnts. Perhaps tl1c most satisfying moпument of Fгench Gothic style is thc tошЬ of the eldeг son of St. Louis at St. Denis. Thc majcsty of the recшnbcnt figure is striking, but the little pгocession of шouгners about the main body of the tomb is absolutely uшivalled in art of this character. The device of littlc weeping figures