Искусства и ремесла Средневековья

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agcs to ргоvе the continнity of educatio11al expeгiencc! Tl1e accounts of his monastic laboшs put нs to the Ьlush "'hen ,ve think of sucЬ activity. " While in the шonas­ teгy of Tegeгnsee in Ваvaria I ,vгote many books. . . . Being sent to Franconia whilc I \\'as yet а Ьоу, I worked so hard ,vriting that befo1·e I had returned I had 11early lost my eyesight. Afteг I became а monk at St. Em­ mcreш, I was appointed the school-master. The duties of the office so fully occupied my time that I was аЫе to do the tгanscriЬing I was intcгested in only Ьу 11ights and in holidays....I \\'as, ho\\'ever, аЫе, in additioн to writing the books that I had mysclf composed, and the copies which I gave away fог the edification of those who asked for them, to ргераrе nineteen missals, thгce books of the Gospcls and Epistles, besides ,vhicЬ I wгote four seгvice books f01· Matins. I ,vгote in addition scveral other books for the bгethreп at Fulda, fог the rnonks at Hiгschfeld, апd at Amerbach, for the Abbot of LoJ'scl1, fог certaiн frieшls at Passau, and fог other fгiends in Boheшia, fог the monasteгy at Tegernsee, for the шonasteгy at Preyal, fог that at Obermunsteг, and for my sister's son. Moreover, I sent and gave at different times sermons, proverbs, and edifyiпg writings. Afterward old age's infirrnitics of vaгious kinds llindeгcd ше." Surely Othlonus ,vas jнstified in гetiring wheп Ьis time саше, and eпjoyiпg some гespitc froш his Iaboшs! Religious feeliпg in works of art is an almost inde­ finaЫe thiпg, but 011е \Vhich is felt iп all true eшaпations of the conscientious spiгit of devotion. Fra Angelico