ABSTRACT
Into this panel, which stands in front of his most sacred body,1 we have put, according to our estimate, about forty-two marks of gold; [further] a multifarious wealth of precious gems, hyacinths, rubies, sapphires, emeralds and topazes, and also an array of different large pearls - [a wealth] as great as we had never anticipated to find. You could see how kings, princes, and many outstanding men, following our example, took the rings off the fingers of their hands and ordered, out of love for the Holy Martyrs, that the gold, stones, and precious pearls of the rings be put into that panel. Similarly archbishops and bishops deposited there the very rings of their investiture as though in a place of safety, and offered them devoutly to God and His Saints. And such a crowd of dealers in precious gems flocked in on us from diverse dominions and regions that we did not wish to buy any more than they hastened to sell, with everyone contributing donations. And the verses on this panel are these:
Great Denis, open the door of Paradise And protect Suger through thy pious guardianship. Mayest thou, who hast built a new dwelling for thyself through us, Cause us to be received in the dwelling of Heaven, And to be seated at the heavenly table instead of at the present one. That which is signified pleases more than that which signifies.
