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,vell appointed lady ,vas supposed to own а сору, and the1·e is а littlc ve1·se Ьу Eнstaclic Deschaшps, а poet of tlie tiшe of Charles V., in ,vhicl1 а ,voшan is supposed to Ье 1·oшancing about the various treasures she would like to possess. She says:

1 ( Ношs of Our Lady should Ье mine, Fitting for а nоЫе dame, Of lofty lineage and name; Wrought most cunningly and quaint, In gold and richest azure paint. Rare covering of cloth of gold Full daintily it shall enfold, Or, open to the view exposed, Тwо golden clasps to keep it closed."

John Skelton the poet did lюnour to the illuminated tomes of his day, iп spite of the fact that the resthetic deterio1·atio11 liad begun. " With tl1at of the boke lozende were the clasps The margin was illumined all with golden railes, And Ьiсе empictured, with grasshoppers and waspes With butterflies and fresh peacock's tailes: Englosed with . . . pictures well touched and quickly, It wold have made а man hole that had Ье right sicklyl " But here we have an iпdication of that realism wl1icl1 rung the death knell of the art. The grasshoppeгs on а golden gгound, and the intгoduction of ca1·efнlly painted insect and floral life, led to all sorts of extгavagaпces of taste. But befo1·e this decadence, there was а very interestiпg pe1·iod of transitioв, wl1icl1 шау Ье studied to special