Искусства и ремесла Средневековья

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placed on juгics or iпquests " duriпg the timc of his activity. Не ,vas also chief mason at the Towcr. But in spite of the city fathers it was not possiЫc to keep this worthy person out of court ! For he and some of his fгieпds, in 1332, practically kidвapped а youth of fourteen пашеd Robc1·t Huberd, took him forciЬly from his appointed guardian, and ma1тied him out of l1and to "\Yilliaш Raшsay's daughte1· Agnes, thc Гl'Ш:юn fог tbls step being evidcпtly tlшt tЬе Ьоу had mопеу. Upon tlю coшplaint of his guaгdian, Robert was giveп l1is clюice ,vlietheг hc ,votlld гешаin ,vith his bridc 01· геtшп to his fогmсг lюше. Не dcliberatcly chose Ьis пеw relatioпs, and so, as thc maгriagc was quitc lcgal according to existing Ia,vs, cvcrything went pleasantly for Master \Villiam ! It шаdс no clifference, eithe1·, in the 1·espect of thc community 01· tl1e king fог the шaster шason; in 1344, Ье was appointcd to supc1·intcnd the bнilding at "\Vindsoг, and �·as made а шешЬс1· of tl1e Coшmon Coнncil in 1347. Verily, the Old Testaшcпt days ,vere not the last in which every man "did that ,vhich was right in his own eyes." Carter gives some curioнs historical explanations of some very quaint апd little-known sculptures in а frieze high up in the Chapel of Edward the Confessor in Westminster. One of them repгesents tЬе Trial ·of Queen Emma, and is quite а spirited scene. The little accusing hands raised against the centгal figuгe of the qнeen, are нnique in effect in а carviпg of this cЬaracter. Queen Emma was accused of so many misdemeanours,