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of this age, a mifTal for the ufe of Salifbury ; 

 in the beginning was the figure of John 

 lord Lovel receiving the book from Frater 

 Johannes Sifernas, who was probably the 

 illuminator. It is now in the Britifh Mu- 

 feum. 



The fine eaft window in the cathedral of 

 York was painted in this reign, at the ex- 

 pence of the Dean and Chapter, who con- 

 traded with John Thornton, glazier, of Co- 

 ventry, to execute it. He was to receive 

 for his own work four (hillings a week, and 

 to finifh the whole in lefs than three years. 

 The indenture, ftill preferved, adds, that he 

 was to receive an hundred fhillings ilerling^ 

 each of the three years ; and if he executed 

 his work truly and perfe6lly, he was to 

 have ten pounds more. Another indenture 

 of 1338, for glazing fome of the weft win- 

 dows, articles, that the workman fhould 

 have fix-pence a foot for white glafs, and 

 twelve-pence for coloured. The great win- 

 dow evidences how able an artift John 

 Thornton was *. 



The painted effigies of Chaucer remain* 

 ed 'till within thefe few years on his tomb 

 at Weftminfteri and another, fays Vertue 

 * Drake's York, p. 527. 



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