Искусства и ремесла Средневековья

294 A1-ts and Crafts in tЬе Middle Ages

One of the chessшen of CЬaгlemagne is to Ье seen in Paгis: he 1·ides ан elephant, and is attended Ьу а cor­ tc�e, all in one piece. Sometimes these mен are very claboгate ivory carvings in themselves. As l\Ir. М:askell points out tЬat Ьishops did not wear шitгes, according to Ьigh aнtl10rity, until after the year 1000, it is tшlikely that any of tЬе aпcient chessmen in vYhich the Bishop appears in а mitre should Ье of earlier clatc than the eleYentl1 centшy. There is one fineAnglo­ Saxoв set of draughts in ,YЬich the ,vЬite pieces are of ,:v т alrus ivory, and the Ыасk pieces, of genнine jet. Paxes, ,vhich " т еге passed about in church for the Kiss of Реасе, ,vere sometimes шаdе of ivory. Тhеге are fe,v remains of early Spaпish ivory sculptшe. Aшong theш is а casket curiously and intгicately orna­ шented авd decorated, ,vitЬ the follo,ving inscriptioп: 11 Iп the Name of God, The Вlessiвg of God, the coш­ plete felicity, the happiness, the fнlfilшent of the hope of good works, and the adjoшniпg of the fatal period of death, Ье ,vith Hagib Seifo....This Ьох v;as made Ьу his ordeгs under the inspection of his slave Nomayг, in the уеаг 395." Ivory caskets in Spain wеге often used to contain peгfumes, or to serve as je,vel boxes. It ,vas customary, also, to нsе them to convey presents of гelics to churches. Ivory ,vas largely used in Spaiп fог inlay in fine furnitшe. Кing Don Sancho orde1·ed а shrine, in 1033, to cop.­ tain the rclics of St. Millan. The ivory plaques which are set about this shrine are interesting specimens of