Искусства и ремесла Средневековья

2G0 A1·ts апd Cгaf'ts iп tЬе l\Iiddle Ages

the Stations of the C1·oss, to occupy, on tЬе road to St. John's Сешеtегу in Ni.iгembeгg, tЬе same relative dis­ tances apart as those of t]1e actual scenes bet\"\'een Pilate's house апd Golgotha. Easter Sepulchгes \Уеге often enriched \\'ith very beaпtifпl scпlptшes Ьу the first maste1·s. Аdаш Kгaft сагуесl the nоЫе scene of the Burial of Chгist in St. Jolш's clшгchya1·d in Nuгem­ beгg. It is cшious that tЬе sаше шind and hand whicЬ con­ ceived апd caгvecl these slюгt stumpy figures, should have made tl1e шагvеl of slim grace, the Tabeгnacle, or Рух, at St. Lorenz. А figшe of tl1e artist kneeliпg, together \Yith t\\ r o \Yoгkmen, one old and one young, sнpports the beaпtifпl sЬгiпе, " r blch rears itself in graduated stages to tl1e tall Gotllic гооf, "'here it follo,Ys the сшvе of а 1·ib, and tшпs over at the top exactly like some beaпtiful clinging plaпt departing fгom its suppoгt, and flo,Yering iпto an exquisitely propoгtioned spiral. It suggests а gigantic cl'ozier. Before it was known wЬat а slendeг metal соге followed this wondeгfпl gгowtl1, on tl1e inside, tЬеге \Yas а tгadition that Кгаft had discovered " а �·ondeгful method fог softening and шoulding hard stones." ТЬе сЬагmiпg гeJief Ьу Kraft on the "\Yeighing Office exhiЬits qпНе аnоtЬег side of his genius; here three men are engaged iп \\'eighing а bale of goods in а раiг of scalcs: а cЪaгming aгrangement of proportioп naturally gгo\\ r s out of tЬis theme, " r hich may have been а sшviYal in tЬе шind of the aгtist of his memory of the nuшегопs tympana with the Judgment