/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>>9781946
>and even says that the glasses I would use weren't until early modern
well OBVIOUSLY because those are modern glasses. I thought you wanted period ones.

>Your link exclusively talks about those that would be used for accounting and scribing
And nobles and basically anyone who could buy it. I mean honestly, do you think they would sell it for just specific people?
>As time passed, glassmakers became so proficient and knowledgeable about their product that it was possible for the Duke of Milan to order 200 pairs in 1466, all of varying strengths.
that's a lot of glasses, and lot of different ones. You can see from there that it was already commonplace to get glasses.

Also look at this painting, especially the box on the lower left.

And lastly. you as a traveling merchant won't do any accounting and scribing for yourself?