Искусства и ремесла Средневековья

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four aгound а ccntгal plaqнe. Often tЬеу ,vere intended , to Ье usccl as book covcгs. Occasionally thc five leaves \Yere made up of classical ivol'ies ,vhich had been altered in sнch а ,vay that they 1юw lшd Ch1·istian significance. Tl1e Ьcautiful diptych in the Bai·gello, I'epгesentiпgАdаш in the Eartbly Paгadise, may easily l1ave Ьееп Ol'iginally intended f01· Orpheus, cspccially sincc Eve is absent ! ТЬе treatment is 1·atl1er classical, and ,vas рrоЬаЫу adapted to its latel' паше. Some diptychs wl1ich we1·e used afte1·wal'ds fOl' ecclesiastical puгposes, show signs of haviвg had the Coпsulaг iпscriptioп eгased, and tЬе wax removed, ,vhile Clн·istiaп sentiшents we1·e writteп ог incised ,vithin tl1e book itsclf. Parts of the service ,vere also occasionally transcribed on diptycЬs. In Milaн the Ritcs contain tЬese passages: "The lesson endecl, а scholaг, vcsted iп а surplice, takes tl1e ivory taЫets fгош tЬс altaг 01' ашЬо, апd ascends the pнlpit;" and iн аnоtЬег place а similai· nJlusioп ОССШ'S: ",vьen tl1c Deacon chants the Alleluia, tЬе key bcai·er for the \Yeek l1a11ds tlie ivory taЫets to him at tЬе exit of the clюir." Anastatius, in Ьis Life of Роре Agatlю, tells of а forш of posthumous excoшmнnication wl1ich ,vas sometimcs p1·actised: "They took a,vay fгош the diptychs ... " 1 l1ereveг it coulcl Ьс dопе, the namcs and figures of these pat1·iaгchs, Cyrнs, Scгgius, Ранl, Ру1тlшs, and Peter, tЬrougl1 wlюш с1то1· Ьаd Ьееп bl'ought among tЬс ortlю­ dox." Ашонg ivOl'y cal'viпgs i11 Caгlovingiaп times шау Ье