Искусства и ремесла Средневековья

274 A11:s апd C1·afts iп tЬе l\1iddle Ages

Of cans, I kept no true measure, Му cups I sold at my pleasure, Deceiving шаnу а creature, Though my ale were noughtl"

ТЬеrе is а curious шisе1·еге in Holdeгness гepresenting а nun bet,vccn t,vo har·es: sЬс is looking out with а smile, and wiвkiпg ! At Ripoн thc stalls sho,v .JопаЬ being tlн·o,vn to tЬс ,v}iale, ашl tl1e sашс J011al1 Ьеiпg sнbsequeвtly relin­ чuis11ed Ьу tЬе sea шовstег. Thc ,vhalc is rcpгeseпted Ьу а large Ыапd sшiliпg Ьеаd, ,vitЬ gapiпg ja,vs, oc­ curriвg iп tl1e шidst of the ,vater, апd JonaЬ takes the usual " hC'adeг " faшiliar iв шedireval art, ,vherever this episode is 1·cшlered. А popt1lar· treatшent of the st�ll "-·as the foliate шask; steшs issнiпg fгош the mонtЬ of thc mask апd developiпg into 1caves and Yincs. This is an enti1·ely foolish and uпlovely desigп: iн шost cases it is qнitc ]acking iп гса1 lшmour, and шakes onc thiвk шоrс of the scnseless Roшan grotesчues and tЬose of tl1e Reпais­ saпce. ТЬе шedimval quaintпess is шissing. At Beveгly а ,voman is representcd bcating а шаn, wllile а dog is Ьelpiвg himsclf out of tЬе soup cauldгoв. The шisercгes at Bcveгly date froш about 1520. Aniшals as mнsicians, too, we1·e often introduccd, - pigs playing on viols, or pipcs, an ass performing on thc harp, and siшilar eccentгicitics may Ье found iв nшnerous places, \vhile Reynaгd the Fox in all Ыs forшs abounds. The choir stalls at Lincoln exhiЬit beautiful carving