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The boke of Saint Albans : $b containing treatises on hawking, hunting, and cote armourBerners, Juliana

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The boke of Saint Albans : $b containing treatises on hawking, hunting, and cote armour

Name: The boke of Saint Albans : $b containing treatises on hawking, hunting, and cote armour
Author: Berners, Juliana

Berners, Juliana

Falconry -- Early works to 1800; Heraldry -- Early works to 1800; Hunting -- Early works to 1800

Ther be certan nobuƚƚ men the wich bere armis hedit as here it apperith.
And ye most knaw that theis armys be called hedyt: when the hyer parte
of the shelde that is to say the hede is made of oon coloure or of moo
then of oon. & that parte extendys not to the myddis of the shelde as
aboon is shewyt by the shelde. And knwe ye that in the hedit armys is a
good maṅ of beryng of dyu̇se armys as by fortune sū noble man has mony
londis and grete lordshippys by his modyr for the wych londys of his
moderis he intendys to bere the armys of his modyr. and so he may do for
it is rightwys. Bot he that discendys of a nobuƚƚ fadyr or of a gentiƚƚ
man. by the wych he had any simple patrimony. then sych a nobuƚƚ man:
and he wiƚƚ: may bere the hooƚƚ armys of his moodyr in the lawyr parte
of his shelde. and in sych an hede as I sayd a fore he may and he wiƚƚ
bere the hooƚƚ armys of his fadyr And it shaƚƚ be sayd of hym that beris
theys armys ī thys wyse first in latyn thus. ¶ Portat vnum signum
capitale de nigro in campo aureo cum vno capite rubio et tribus talentis
ī eodem. Et gallice sic. Il port dor vng cheueron de Sabuƚƚ et vng
Cheeff de gowlez et trois besantis en la mesmes. Anglice sic. ¶ He
berith golde a cheueron of Sabuƚƚ w^t a Cheeff of gowles and .iij.
besantis ther in.

¶ And ther be certan nobuƚƚ ꝑsones the wich beer in the shelde afore
rehersit of golde as is sayd a fore a Cheueron of Sabuƚƚ or of sum odyr
colowre and .iij. rede roosis or whyte or sum other sygnys as crossis
cressantis briddys or flowris and a cheeff sum of Sabuƚƚ sum of other
colowre with the signe of molettis or oder tokynyngꝭ the wich need not
to be rehersit. And then shaƚƚ euerich oon of theym be blasit in his
nombur like as the felde and the signes require: as by fortune sum men
bere thus to say. He berith Sabuƚƚ a Cheueron of golde .iij. rede rosys
of gowles a Cheeff of asure with .iij. molettys perforatit of vert and
thus of aƚƚ other differansys.


         Off armys palit with oon quarter of an other coloure.

[Illustration: Cote Armour]

Certanly ther be sum nobuƚƚ men the wych bere in ther armys oon quarter
of an other colowre dyfferyng from the coloure or the colowris of the
shelde as here. in the wich armis it is to be sayd that the nobuƚƚ man
the wich beris theym berith in this wyse first in latyn. Portat arma
palata de aserio & auro cum vna quarteria eremetica. Et gallice sic. Il
port palee dasor et dor vng quarṫ dermyn. Et anglice sic. He berith paly
asor and golde with oon quarṫ of Ermyn.

¶ And it is to be notit that ye most haue a respebkyt to the colowre of
that pale the wich shulde ascendee to the right horne of the shelde iff
that quarter wer not ther. and ī that colowre ye most eu̇ moore begyn to
blase thoos armys like as the quart were not ther as afor is rehersit.


         Now of armys chekkerit here ye shaƚƚ haue an exemple.

[Illustration: Cote Armour]

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Opening the text

The boke of Saint Albans : $b containing treatises on hawking, hunting, and cote armourBerners, Juliana

History

The boke of Saint Albans : $b containing treatises on hawking, hunting, and cote armour

Berners, Juliana

Falconry -- Early works to 1800; Heraldry -- Early works to 1800; Hunting -- Early works to 1800

Ther be certan nobuƚƚ men the wich bere armis hedit as here it apperith.
And ye most knaw that theis armys be called hedyt: when the hyer parte
of the shelde that is to say the hede is made of oon coloure or of moo
then of oon. & that parte extendys not to the myddis of the shelde as
aboon is shewyt by the shelde. And knwe ye that in the hedit armys is a
good maṅ of beryng of dyu̇se armys as by fortune sū noble man has mony
londis and grete lordshippys by his modyr for the wych londys of his
moderis he intendys to bere the armys of his modyr. and so he may do for
it is rightwys. Bot he that discendys of a nobuƚƚ fadyr or of a gentiƚƚ
man. by the wych he had any simple patrimony. then sych a nobuƚƚ man:
and he wiƚƚ: may bere the hooƚƚ armys of his moodyr in the lawyr parte
of his shelde. and in sych an hede as I sayd a fore he may and he wiƚƚ
bere the hooƚƚ armys of his fadyr And it shaƚƚ be sayd of hym that beris
theys armys ī thys wyse first in latyn thus. ¶ Portat vnum signum
capitale de nigro in campo aureo cum vno capite rubio et tribus talentis
ī eodem. Et gallice sic. Il port dor vng cheueron de Sabuƚƚ et vng
Cheeff de gowlez et trois besantis en la mesmes. Anglice sic. ¶ He
berith golde a cheueron of Sabuƚƚ w^t a Cheeff of gowles and .iij.
besantis ther in.

¶ And ther be certan nobuƚƚ ꝑsones the wich beer in the shelde afore
rehersit of golde as is sayd a fore a Cheueron of Sabuƚƚ or of sum odyr
colowre and .iij. rede roosis or whyte or sum other sygnys as crossis
cressantis briddys or flowris and a cheeff sum of Sabuƚƚ sum of other
colowre with the signe of molettis or oder tokynyngꝭ the wich need not
to be rehersit. And then shaƚƚ euerich oon of theym be blasit in his
nombur like as the felde and the signes require: as by fortune sum men
bere thus to say. He berith Sabuƚƚ a Cheueron of golde .iij. rede rosys
of gowles a Cheeff of asure with .iij. molettys perforatit of vert and
thus of aƚƚ other differansys.


         Off armys palit with oon quarter of an other coloure.

[Illustration: Cote Armour]

Certanly ther be sum nobuƚƚ men the wych bere in ther armys oon quarter
of an other colowre dyfferyng from the coloure or the colowris of the
shelde as here. in the wich armis it is to be sayd that the nobuƚƚ man
the wich beris theym berith in this wyse first in latyn. Portat arma
palata de aserio & auro cum vna quarteria eremetica. Et gallice sic. Il
port palee dasor et dor vng quarṫ dermyn. Et anglice sic. He berith paly
asor and golde with oon quarṫ of Ermyn.

¶ And it is to be notit that ye most haue a respebkyt to the colowre of
that pale the wich shulde ascendee to the right horne of the shelde iff
that quarter wer not ther. and ī that colowre ye most eu̇ moore begyn to
blase thoos armys like as the quart were not ther as afor is rehersit.


         Now of armys chekkerit here ye shaƚƚ haue an exemple.

[Illustration: Cote Armour]

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

The boke of Saint Albans : $b containing treatises on hawking, hunting, and cote armour

The boke of Saint Albans : $b containing treatises on hawking, hunting, and cote armour

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