Искусства и ремесла Средневековья

246 Al'i:s апd Crafts in the Middle A g es

man," for he certainly looks as if he had taken up his position in the midst of а pile of pancakes, into which hc had sunk. Thc old statue of St. Hugh at Lincoln is an attractive early Gothic ,vork. In 1743 he ,vas removed from hi8 precarioнs perch on the top of а stonc pinnacle, �nd ,vas placed more firmly after,va1·ds. In а letter frош the Clcrk of the \Vorks this pгocess was described. " I must acquaint you that I took do,.vn tl1e antient imagc of St. Hugh, which is about six foot high, and stood uроп · tl1e summit of а stone pinnacle at the South corner of the \Vest Front ... and pulled down twenty-t,vo fect of thc pinnacle itself, whicl1 was ready to tumЫe into ruins, the shell being but six inches thick, and thc 1·iЬ8 so much decayed that it decliвed YisiЬly. . . . I hopc to sec the saint fixed upon а firmer basis before the \Vinter." On the top of а turret opposite St. Hugh is the statue of thc Svvineheгd of Sto,ve. This personage became famous through contributing а peck of silver pennies toward thc bпilding of the cathedral. As is usually thc casc, the saint and thc donш therefore occupy positions of eqнal exaltation ! The swineherd is equipped with а ,vinding horn. А foolish · tradition '"ithout foundation maintains that this figuгe does not represent the Swineherd at all, but is а play upon the name of Bishop Bloet, - the hoгn being intended to suggest "Blow it ! " It seems hardly possiЫe to credit the mediffival wit with no keener sense of humour than to perpetrate such а far-fetched pun.