The Play Was About to Begin

Pierre Gringuar was the author of a morality play in Paris at the time. The audience had been waiting for him to reveal himself, but he did not wait long enough. An orchestra concealed behind the tapestry began to play and four actors climbed up the steep ladder to the stage. "It was remarkable to see how the crowd who had been so tumultuous a few minutes before were not waiting quietly and humbly," says Leonardo da Vinci.