Искусства и ремесла Средневековья

282 Arts and C1·afts in tЬе l\1iddle Ages

cited а casket ,vith ornamental colonettes sent Ьу Egin­ hard to liis son. In 823, Louis le Debonaire owned а statuette, а diptych, апd а coffeJ", while in 845 the Arch­ Ьishop of Rheims placed an oгder for ivory book covers, for thc works of St.Jerome, а Lectionary, and otherworks. The la1·gest and best kno,vn ivory carviпg of the middle agcs is tl1e thгone of :Мaxiшian, Aгcl1Ьishop of Ravenпa. This entiгe chaiг, ,Yith an arcl1ed back апd arms, is composed of ivory in intricately carved plaques. It is consideraЬly оvег three feet iп heigl1t, and is а supeгb example of the best агt of the sixth century. Photo­ grapl1s апd гepгoductions of it шау Ье seen in most woгks dealing with tms subject. Scenes fгom Scripture аге set all ove1· it, divided Ьу charming meandeгs of deeply cut vine motives. Some authorities consideг the figшes infeгior to tl1e otheг decoratioвs: of coнrse in апу de­ lineation of the lшman form, the archaic element is тоге keenly felt thaп ,vhen it appears in foliate forms or conventional patteгns. Diptychs being often taken in consideгaЫe nнmbeгs апd set iпto large ,Yorks of ivory, has led some aнthorities to suppose tЬat the Ravenna th1·one was made of such а collectioп; but this is contгa­ dicted Ьу Passcгi iп 1759, vvlю alludes to tl1e panels in the following terms: " ТЬеу might rcadily Ье taken Ьу the igпorant for diptychs....This they аге not, for tЬеу cannot Ье taken fl'Om the consular diptycllS which had their own ornamentation, referring to the consultate and tЬе iвsignia, differing from the sculpture dcstined for other pнrposes. Невсе they аге obvioнs]y