. History of the religious house of Pluscardyn . d by this discovery. Wemyss, too, must partwith the honour which has been claimed for it asthe first place where glass manufacture was carriedon in Scotland, and the monopoly given, about1610, to George Hay was forestalled by the workersin We have now reached the concluding para-graphs of our history of the Religious House ofPluscardyn. We have seen that the House wasfounded in the same year as the two other Housesin Scotland of the same Order—viz., Ardchattan in Argyllshire, and Beauty in Ross. As there seems little prospect, so fa
. History of the religious house of Pluscardyn . d by this discovery. Wemyss, too, must partwith the honour which has been claimed for it asthe first place where glass manufacture was carriedon in Scotland, and the monopoly given, about1610, to George Hay was forestalled by the workersin We have now reached the concluding para-graphs of our history of the Religious House ofPluscardyn. We have seen that the House wasfounded in the same year as the two other Housesin Scotland of the same Order—viz., Ardchattan in Argyllshire, and Beauty in Ross. As there seems little prospect, so far as wecan ascertain, of any one undertaking a history of the Priory of Ardchattan,we here introduce the seal of that Priory. § It was intended, when theearlier sheets of this volume passed through the press, to print the sealsof the three Priories on one page. This has been departed from, and theseals of Ardchattan and Beauly are introduced here as the most suitable seal of the Priory || of Beauly has been given by Mr Laing in his. Sigill Conventtts de Ard-katan in ardgadia. * It may be well to mention that the local tradition asserts that bracken, so full of silicious matter,was the chief substance from which the glass was made by our monks. f We have failed to discover this Paper among the Volumes of the Societys proceedings. t The story of the introduction of painted er coloured glass into ecclesiastical buildings is told inHawkinss Gothic Architecture (p. US, sqq.). Abbot Sugger is named as the first to employ this artfor purposes of church adornment, about 1150. In an appended chapter (pp. 227-240) MrHawkins gives an instructive and somewhat old-world account of coloured glass manufacture fromFelibiens Principes de lArchitecture. Paris, 1699. § Laings Seals, No. 1113. See also Huttons Sigilla, MS. Soc. Antiq., Edin. || Laings Seals, No. 1117. Inscription not legible. 188 PLUSCARDYX. Scottish seals, but is so indistinct that^it must be received entirely
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