Искусства и ремесла Средневековья

28 Aгts a.nd Crafts in the :М:iddle Ages

good while. Не ,vas succeeded Ьу his son Edward. Payшents ,vere made sometimes in а regular ,vage, авd sometiшes for "task woгk." The ,vorkmen ,vеге пsually known Ьу one ваше - Master A]cxandeг the King's Caгpenter, l\Iasteг Henry the King's Master Mason, авd so forth. In an ear]y life of Ed,vaгd t}ie Coвfessoг, there is an illшnination sho,ving the шаsовs авd caгpente1·s kвeeling to receive instructioн f1·ош tl1eir sovereign. The golden sl1гine of the Confessor \vas probably made in the Palace itself; this ,vas douЬt]css consideгed thc safest place fог so vаlнаЫе а \Vork to rешаiв in process of constгнction; fог theгe is ан a1lusion to its being bгought on tЬе Ювg's o,vn shoнlders (,vith the assistance of otheгs), fгom the palace to the АЬЬеу, in 1269, for its consecration. Iн 1243 Непrу III. oгdered foнr silver basins, fitted with cakes of wax with wicks in them, to Ье placed as lights Ьеfоге the shrine of Тlюшаs а Becket in Caнter­ bury. The gгeat gold shrine of Becket appears to haYe been chiefly the ,vork of а goldsmith, Masteг Adam. Не also designed the Coronation Chaiг of England, which is no,v in "'\Vestminster АЬЬеу. The chief goldsmith of Englaнd emp]oyed Ьу Ed,vard I. was one Adam of Shoreditch. Не ,vas v·eгsatilc, for he was also а Ьinder of books. А certaiв Ьill slю,vs an iteш of his ,Yoгkmansl1ip, "а group in si]ver of а cl1ild riding uроп а horse, the child being а likeness of Lord Edwaгd, the King's son."