The antiquities of England and Wales . parts of the church ; which work they not only executed, but taught the Englifh nationthat moft ufeftd art. Bcntkaiiis Hifiofy of Ely, p. 21. What Bede liere affirms of the abbot Benedift, that he firft introduced the art of making glafsinto this kingdom, is by no means inconhftent with Eddiuss account of Bifhop Wilfrids glazingthe windows of St. Peters church at York, about the year 669, i. e. feven or eight years before thistime ; for glafs might have been imported from abroad by Wilfred. But Benedifl firft brought over the artills who taught the Saxons
The antiquities of England and Wales . parts of the church ; which work they not only executed, but taught the Englifh nationthat moft ufeftd art. Bcntkaiiis Hifiofy of Ely, p. 21. What Bede liere affirms of the abbot Benedift, that he firft introduced the art of making glafsinto this kingdom, is by no means inconhftent with Eddiuss account of Bifhop Wilfrids glazingthe windows of St. Peters church at York, about the year 669, i. e. feven or eight years before thistime ; for glafs might have been imported from abroad by Wilfred. But Benedifl firft brought over the artills who taught the Saxons the art of making glafs. That the windows in churches were ufually glazed in age abroad, as well as in thefe parts, we learn from Bede ; who, fpeaking of thechurch on Mount Olivet, about a mile from Jerufalem, fays, In the weft front of it were eightwindows, which on fome occafiuns, ufed to be illuminated with lamps; which fhone fo bright throughJhe ^lafs, that the mount fcemed in a blaze, Beda lib. de Locis SanBis, cap. 6. The. ?^^^ayfa^/i.£C.}::2y(^t>^ (?^ (y4)f^?y^/^^<?9^^(^Aee^cn^^^ JCe/t&.
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