Искусства и ремесла Средневековья

252 Arts and Cгafts iп tЬе bliddle Ages

poor lady ! SЬе had agгeed to marry the епешу of her kingdom, King Canute: she gave no aid to l1e1· sons, Edwarcl the Confessor and Alfred, wheп iп exilc; ancl sl1e ,vas also bel1aving in а very нnsuitaЫe mаnпег ,vitЬ Alwin, Bishop of '\Vincl1este1·: she seeшs to lшve been versatile in сгiше, ашl it is по ,voпde1· tlшt sЬе ,vas invited to ,vithclra,v fгom l1e1· Ьigl1 estate. The bнrial of Непrу У. is interestiнgly descгibed iп an old шапнsс1·iрt of ncarly сопtешрогагу origiп: " His body ,vas embalшecl and ciгed апd laid on а гоуаl caгriage, апd ап image like to l1iш ,vas laid нроп the сшрsе, open: and ,vith diveгs banneгs, апd Ьогsеs, covered ,Yith the aгms of Englaпd апd France, St. Ed,varcl апсl St. Edmuпd ... and bгoнgl1t ,vith g1·eat solemп.. ity to '\Vestшinste1·, and ,voгsЬipfнlly bшied; and after ,vas laid 011 Ьis tomb а гоуаl iшage like to himself, of silveг ашl gilt, ,vhicЬ \Yas шаdе at the cost of Queen Katheгine . .. Ье oгdained in Ьis life tЬе place of his sepнlchгe, ,vliere he is поw buгied, and еvегу daye III. masses perpetнally to Ье sungen in а fair chapel оvег his sepulchгe." Th..is exqнisite aпangement of а little raised chantгy, and the nоЫе tошЬ itself, was the ,York of Master :Мapilton, who саше fгош Dнrham in 1416. Mr. '\V. R. IJethaby calls attentioп to the practical and expedient way in wh..ich medireval carvers of effigies utilized their long Ыocks of stone: "Notice," he says, "how ... the angels at the head and the beast at tl1e foot we1·e put in just to sqнare out the Ыосk, and ho,v all the points of high relief соше to one plane so that