I ao Dr. Falconer on the Knowledge 



, Sugerius* abbot of St. Denys, the 



' ' ^ * minifter of Lewis VII. fpeaks of ^ 



glafs window being prefented to the church at 



Paris, by Barbedaurus the dean,. that coft fifteen 



pounds, which is upwards of 47 pounds fterling 



intrinfic value, exclufive of the alteration occa- 



fioned by the prefent relative plenty of money. 



It appearjs from a charter in the 



beginning of the fourteenth centurv, 



that a glafs cup was then valued at a denarius, 



J or about threepence halfpenny fterling, intrinfic 



value, exclufive of the alteration in the relative 



value refpecSting the prefent time. 



■f A fhort time afterwards, there 

 ■ '^ * appears a charter of ftipulation for 

 the ereftion of a glafs-houfe, to be kept up con- 

 ftantly and worked. 



* Obiit Barbedaurus Decanus & Sacerdos qui fecit fieri 

 vitream quindecim libris comparatam. 



Suger Lib. De Admir. fua. Cap. 29. 



X Item a quolibet verrerio exponente vitros fuos ad ven- 

 dendum levatur unus vitrus vel unus denarius quod verre- 

 rius maluerit. Du Cange Vox Verrerius. 



f Paftis infra fcriptis videlicet quod infra diftum nemus 

 diflus Guionetus faciat domum fortem & ibidem debeat ha- 

 bitare & verreriam ibidem facere tenere & operari facere in 

 ca perpetuo opus vltrorum five vitrei. 



Du Cange Vox Verreria. 



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