Искусства и ремесла Средневековья

284 A1·ts and Crafts iп tl1e l\Iiddle Ages

divbled so tlшt tЪere аге fош scenes iп all; tЬеу аге so quaiпt as to Ье really grotesqнe, Ьнt lш\ r c а ce1·tain Ынnt charm ,vhich is enhaпced Ьу the creamy lшлpincss of the material in \Yhicl1 they are гencleгccl. ТЬс healing of thc Ыiпd, raising of the dead, and the сошшаnd to tЬе шаn Ьу tЬс pool to t.ake нр his bed and ,\·alk; аге accшately i-epгesentecl; the bed in this iпstance is а fогш of сонсl1 ,vitl1 а \Vooden fгame анd шattгcss, tЬе саггуiвg of ,vhicЬ ,votild necessitatc а11 нnusual anюнnt of stгeвgth on the pa1·t of еvеп а strong, well шаn. One of tl1e шost n:й,·с of these panels of tl1e шiгacles is tЬе cшing of '' опе possessed: " tЬе Ьоу is ticd \YitЬ cords Ьу the ,vгists ашl ankles, \vhile, at the toнch of thc l\Iastcг, а littlc clcnюn is sесп issнiпg fгош 1Ьс top of tlle heacl of tЬс sнff сгег, \Vaving its агшs proнdly to cclebгatc its fп�e­ dom ! Uпdeгпeath is а small sccnc of the tЬгее C]1ildгeп in tЬе Fieгy Fшnace; they look as if thcy \Vегс prcscпt­ ing а vaudcville tuгп, being spiгited in action, and vегу dгamatic. BelO\v all, is а mastcгly panel of Jo11al1 and the \vЬale, - an old fayoшite, freqнently appeaгing in medi[eYal art. Thc ,Yhale, positively smiliпg and spoгt­ ive, eagcrly a\Yaits his ргеу at the right. Jonah is making а graceful divc fгom the ship, apparently "'·itЬ an effort to land in the vегу ja\vs of the whale. At tЬе opposite side, the \vhale, having coughed up l1is victim, looks disappointed, ,vЫlc .Joпah, in an attitнde of lassitude suggestive of sea-sickncss, reclines on а Ьапk; an angel, with one fingeг lifted as if in гeproach, is hurrying towards him.