THE SHRINE OF ST. SEBALD 
and the “ Healing of the Blind Man” to Peter 
Vischer the younger, and the others, especially 
and certainly that of the * Punishment of the Un- 
believer” to his father. The particular point which 
strikes one as most admirable, and which is in 
greater or less degree common to all of them, is 
the simplicity of the grouping and the avoidarice 
of that sin of overcrowding which beset so many 
artists of the day. (Ill. 10 and 11.) 
The miracles of St. Sebald which were chosen 
as subjects for these reliefs are, briefly, the follow- 
ing. St. Sebald was the son of a Danish king 
who had renounced the things of this world in 
favour of the chaste and solitary life of a hermit. 
He afterwards made his way to Rome and was 
sent forth thence by Pope Gregory the Second to 
preach the Gospel in Germany. On his way he 
abode for a while at Vicenza, and there one day 
he received a visitor for whom he ordered his 
disciple Dionis to bring the pitcher of wine. 
Dionis hesitated, for he had allowed himself to 
partake of the wine the night before, and he feared 
detection. But when the order was repeated he 
went to fetch the pitcher, and behold, he found it 
filled again to the brim. | 
The fame of the hermit spread abroad. From 
far and near, even from Milan and Pavia, people 
flocked to hear from his lips the wonderful works 
of God. But amongst those who came, came 
also an unbeliever, who scoffed and blasphemed 
at the prophet and his message. Then Sebald 
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