Искусства и ремесла Средневековья

292 Aгts апd C1·afts ш tЬе Middle Ages

the пsua.l t,Yist.ed, ашl sometimes alшost contortrcl fогшs ofteв sееп in tl1cse spcciшens. Latrr, this peculi­ arity ,,·as copied in stone, tшcoпscioнsly, simply Ьr­ cause tЬr style had Ьесоше снstошагу. One of tЬс most charming lit.tle g1·oнps of figшes in ivOl'y is iп the Louvrc, tЬе Coronation of tЪс ,ъ·giп. The t,yo севtгаl figшes are flankecl Ьу deligl1tful jocпlar littlc aпgels, ,,·ho Ьа,·е that characteгiRtic cloRe-lipprd, cat-like smile, ,vblcl1 is а гegular fratшe iн all FrснсЬ scнlptшe of tl1e Gotliic type. In а little tгiptycЬ of the foшteenth ccntшy, now in Loпdon, tЬеге is tЬе ratl1er нnusual scenc of Joseph, sittiпg opposite the Yirgin, апсl holding the Infапt in his aгms. Amoпg tЬе fс,У нашеs of medi::-eval i,·ory carYeгs kno"·п, аге Непгу clc GгPs, iп 1391, Heliot., 1390, ancl Нешу de Senlis, iп 148-!. Heliot is 1·ec01·cletl as lшving p1·odнced fог Pbllip thr Bolcl " t"\\·o laгge i\'ory tablets witl1 imageR, onr of ,Yblcl1 is tlie ... life of l\lonsieш St. .Тоlш Baptist." Tl1is polite descгiptioв оссшs iп tl1e Accoнnts of Aшiot Aшaut, in 1392. А сшiонs fгcak of tЬе Gothic pe1·iod \Yas thP шaking of ivOl'y statнettes of tЬе Yiгgiп, ,yJ1icl1 орепеd dо,Уп the cr.ntre (like tЬе Iгon l\Iaiclcn of Ni1i-emЬeгg), ancl cliselosed ,vitbln а se1·ies of Sc1·iptшal scenes sculptшed оп tl1e back and оп ЬоtЬ sides. Tl1ese iшages "\"\'el'e callecl Vieгgcs Oнvгantes, and vvcre decidel1ly шогс cшious than beaнtifнl. In the BгitisЬ Мнsешn is а specimen of nOI'thcrn ,Уогk, а basket снt out fгom tЪе Ьопе of а ,vlшle: it is Noгse