Искусства и ремесла Средневековья

308 A1-ts апd Сгаfts iп the �Iiddle Ages

Tuscany." One of the more impOl'tant of the Olivetan Monasteries \vas St.MicЬele in Bosco, \vhere the вoted worker in taгsia, Fra Raffaello da Bгescia, шаdе sоше magnificcnt choiг stalls. In 1521 these ,vere finisl1ed, Ьнt they wеге largely destгoyed Ьу tl1e mob in the suppressioп of the convent.s in the eighteenth centшy. In 1812 eighteeп of tl1e stalls \Ve1·c saved, ЬонgЬt Ьу tЬе Maгqнis Ma]vezzi, and placed in St.Petronio. Не tгied also to save the caпopies, but these had Ьееп sold for firewood at about twopence each ! Tl1e stalls of St.Doшenico at Во]оgпа are Ьу Fш Daшiano of Bergamo; it is said of him that his \\'oods wеге coloured so шa1·vellous]y that tl1e a1·t of tarsia ,vas Ьу Ьim raised to t]1e raпk of tЬat of paiпting ! Не ,vas а Domiпican шonk in Bologna шost of Ыs lifе. ,v11en Chaгles V.visited the choir of St.Domeпico, and saw these stalls, Ье ,votild not believe tliat the woгk ,vas accomplisl1ed Ьу inlay, and actually cut а piece онt with his SvYoгd Ьу way of investigation. Castiglione the Сошtiег expresses hiшself with шuch admiгation of the w01·k of Fra Damiaпo, "rather divine than human." Of tЬе technica] pe1 fection of the workшanship he adds: "Though these ,voгks ai·e exe­ cuted with inlaid pieces, tЬе еуе caпnot even Ьу the greatest exeгtion detect the joints....1 tl1ink, indeed, I аш ceгtain, that it will Ье called t11e eighth wonder of the ,vorld." (Count Castiglione did not perhaps rea]ize ,vhat а wonderful wo1-Id he ]ivecl in !) But at any rate there is по objection t.o sнlJscгiblпg to his eulogy: