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ROLLS OF MERTON COLLEGE, OXFORD.

[1304.] Expense. It. in stipendio duorum Carpentariorum qui fecerunt Campanarium, et emendationem Ecclesie ubi celebramus, et emendacionem graduum aule, per duodecim dies, ix.s ij.d, per diem quilibet eorum, iv.d iij qa. Item in virgis emptis ad Campanarium, iiij.d. Item in stipulo empt. ad idem, v.d. Item in stipendio duorum operariorum ad plastrandum circa gradus aule contra hostium coquine per quatuor dies, xviij.d, &c. Item in stipulo empt. ad cooperturam Campanarii, ij.s iij.d.õ. It. in virgis emptis ad idem, vj.d.

It. die sabbati, in vigilia Sci' Luc. Evangeliste in stipend' duorum cementariorum ad faciendum unum altare et alia necessaria, per duos dies, xiiij.d, quilibet eorum per diem, iij.d qa. Item in bordis empt. qui sunt circa predictum altare et ad fenestras que sunt in choro, ij.s. Item in stipendio unius Carpentarii qui fecit tabulas circa eundem altare, per quatuor dies xviij.d, per diem, iiij.d ob.

[1306.] Among various payments on the bursar's roll of this year for the new chambers ("pro novis cameris") is the following entry:—Item pro iij lapidibus marmoreis ad altare iv.s vj.d.

[1310.] Item Die sabbati proxima post festum Sancti Gregorii in uno batello conducto de Eynesham usque ad Oxoniam, per viij. dies ij.s viij.d. Item in stipendio duorum sarratorum per sex dies iij.s vj.d. Item in stipendio v operariorum per v dies iij.s iiij.d, videlicet ad fodiendum fundamentum vestiarii. Item in stipendio unius operarii vij.d. Item in stipendio fabri pro duobus centen. ferri fabricat.[1] ad vestiarium xv.s.

NOTICES OF ANCIENT ORNAMENTS, VESTMENTS, AND APPLIANCES OF SACRED USE.

THE PAX, TABULA PACIS, OSCULATORIUM, OR PORTE-PAIX.

The student of mediæval antiquities is frequently embarrassed in the course of his enquiries by the want of systematically arranged information regarding the details of sacred, personal, or social usages of former times, especially in our own country. The most minute circumstances connected with the manners and customs of Pagan times have been fully

  1. ↑ Wrought iron.
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