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Eyeglasses were first devised sometime before the thirteenth century was out, but it is unknown who was responsible for the invention. In both Europe and China, magnifying lenses in frames were used for reading at this time.

The first recorded mention of eyeglasses is by Roger Bacon in 1268; the first portrait to show eyeglasses is one of Hugh of Provence, painted by Tommaso da Modena in 1352. In 1480, Domenico Ghirlandajo painted St. Jerome at a desk from which dangled eyeglasses,eyeglasses online store, and as a result, Jerome became the patron saint of the spectacle-makers' guild. In 1517, in a portrait of Pope Leo X painted by Raphael, a concave lens for myopia is first evident.