. Glass. French scholars to find references to glass. Someambiguity arises from the vague use of the word verve,to which I have already referred. But when Joinvilletells us how the Comte dEu, in a moment of expansion, dvessait sa bible le long de nostve table et nous bvissoitnos pots et nos vouevves^ we can probably accept the lattervessels as vevves de vevve. In the royal inventories of the fourteenth and fifteenthcenturies, above all in those of Charles v. and of hisbrothers the Dukes of Anjou, Berry, and Burgundy,where there is any mention of vessels of glass, it isalmost without exception
. Glass. French scholars to find references to glass. Someambiguity arises from the vague use of the word verve,to which I have already referred. But when Joinvilletells us how the Comte dEu, in a moment of expansion, dvessait sa bible le long de nostve table et nous bvissoitnos pots et nos vouevves^ we can probably accept the lattervessels as vevves de vevve. In the royal inventories of the fourteenth and fifteenthcenturies, above all in those of Charles v. and of hisbrothers the Dukes of Anjou, Berry, and Burgundy,where there is any mention of vessels of glass, it isalmost without exception of vevve de Damas or of vevvea la facon de Damas that we hear. Quite an exceptionis the goblet de voivve blanc de Flandve, gavny dav-gent, that we find in an inventory of the possessions ofCharles v., taken in 1379. Notwithstanding this, it isevident that the French kings at this time took muchinterest in the manufacture of glass. When hunting inthe forests around Paris, they would turn aside to visit136.
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