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250 Arts and C1·afts in the l\1iddle Ages

Torel. l\Iasteг ,valter of Durham painted the lon·er portion. Master Richard Crнпdale was in charge of tЬе general work. Master John of St. Albans ,Yorked in аЬонt 12.57, and was designated "scнlptor of the king's images." There was at tllis time а school of scнlpture at the АЬЬеу. This ,vestminster School of Artificers supplied statнettes and other sculptuгed шnaments to order for vaгioнs placcs. One of the craftsmen ,vas Alexander '' le imaginator." In tl1c Rolls of the ,vorks at "\Yest­ minster, there is an entry,"l\laster John,,vith а carpenter and assistant at St. Albans, worked on tЬе lcctern." This гeferгed to а сору ,vhich ,vas ordered of а гarely beautiful lectern at St. Albans' catl1edгal, ,vhich had been made Ьу the "incomparaЫe \Valtcr of Colchester." Labour ,vas cl1eap ! The1·e is recoгd of three shillings being paid to Jоhп Benet f01· three capitals ! Among \Vestminster laboureгs was one known as Brotl1e1· Ralph, the Convert; tbls individual ,Yas а 1·e­ f01·med Jev;. Ашопg thc craftsmen selected to receive wine fгom the convent ,vith " special gгасе " is the goldsmith, Master R. de Fгemlingham, who was then the АЬЬеу plшnbe1·. Тl1еге was а mastc1· mason in 1326, who worked :1_t '\Vestminstcr and in various other places on His l\Iajesty's Service.. This was \Villiam Ramsay, ,vho also supei·­ intended the building then in progress at St. Paul's, and was а mап of such importance iп his art, that tЬе mayor and aldeгmen ordered that he should "not Ье