Compte de L'Oeuvre de la Cathédrale de Chartres en 1415-1416

A meticulous early fifteenth-century cathedral account reproduces a one-year ledger of expenditures for liturgical supplies and building work, itemizing purchases and payments for candles, torches, ceremonial fixtures, stained-glass work, and craftsmen's wages. The editor provides a careful transcription with explanatory notes on the manuscript's discovery, physical condition, and meanings of medieval liturgical objects. Entries show recurring weekly disbursements and festival-specific outlays, record payments to glaziers and laborers, and list quantities and costs for lighting and processional equipment. The text offers a granular view of financial administration, material culture, and practical maintenance of a major medieval church.