Искусства и ремесла Средневековья

Scнlptш·e in Stone

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to thc example of St. AntЬony, аге so tгouЫesome, as, if men give them notЬiпg, they will presently threaten them with St. Aвtlюny's fire; so that шаnу simple people, out of fear or Ыind zeal, every уеаг use to bestow on tЬеш а fat pig, 01· porker, which they have ordinarily painted in tЬcir picturcs of St. Anthony, wl1ereby they шау procure their good ,vill and their prayers, and Ье secure from their menaces." Toпegiano's contract read that he should "make ,vell, sшcly, cleaпly, ancl ,Yoгkmanlike, curiously, and substantially" the mагЫе tomb ,vitl1 "images, beasts, and othcr thiпgs, of copper, gilte." Another craftsman ,vlю exeгcised his skill in tl1is chapel was Lav\тence Imbcr, image maker, and in 1500 the names of John Hudd, sculptor, and Nirolas Delphyп, occur. Some of thc figures and statucttes on tl1e tomb ,vc1·c also шаdе Ьу Drawswerd of Уогk. On the outer гibs of Нешу YII.'s сЬареl шау Ье de­ tected ceгtain little symшctгically disposed bosses, ,vhicl1 at fiгst glance one ,vould sнppose to Ье iпconspicнoнs cгockcts. But in ап аdшiгаЫе spiгit of humour, tl1c scнlptoг has hеп� carvecl а seгics of gгiffins, in pro­ eession, holding 011 for dea1· life, in the attitнdes of ehildren sliding do"'n the banisters. They аге delight­ fully animated and amusing. The well-known figшes of the Vices which stand aroнnd the quadгangle at Magdalen Collcge, OxfOl'd, arc iпterpreted Ьу an old Latin maпuscгipt in the college. The statues slюuld ргорегlу Ье kпo,vn as the Yirtues