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
Berners, Juliana
Falconry -- Early works to 1800; Heraldry -- Early works to 1800; Hunting -- Early works to 1800
Now here ye most knaw that theys armys Sawtre be other while engradit as
here in thys figure now apperith And then they be calde sawtre engradit
as it is sayd afore in mony placis. as of the cros ingradit of barris
and bendys. And of hym that beris theys armys ye shaƚƚ say in latyn.
Portat vnum saltatorium ingradatum de auro in campo asorio. Et gallice
sic. Il port dasor vng saultier dor engraylee. Et anglice sic. ¶ He
berith asure and a cros sawtre of golde engradit.
Off many crossis sawtre borne in armys ingradyt an exemple
[Illustration: Cote Armour]
Other while ther be borne mony crossis sawtre ī armys engradit in oon
shelde. other while .ij. other while .iij. as here. And of hym that
beris theys armys thus it shaƚƚ be sayd in latyn. ¶ Portat vnam barram
planam et tria saltatoria ingradata de auro ī campo rubeo. Et gallice
sic. ¶ Il port de gowlez vng barre playn et trois saultiers engreilez
dor Et anglice sic. He berith gowles oon bar playn and iii. sawtre
crossis engradyt of golde.
Off Crownys in armys borne by the maner of a pale.
[Illustration: Cote Armour]
It is diligentli to be markyt that when we say sich a lorde berith in
sych sygnys. How theys .iij. signes ar borne in armys we say not aƚƚ
way. For other while theys .iij. signys ar put in a shelde by the maner
of a pale. And then ther be calde signes palit. as here ī thys figure it
apperith. And of hym that has theys armys ye shaƚƚ say in latyn. Portat
iij. coronas de auro palatas in campo asorio. Et gallice sic. Il port
dasor et trois corones dor paleez. Anglice sic He berith asure and iij
cronys of golde palit.
Off crownys in armys borne barrit here I wiƚƚ informe yow
[Illustration: Cote Armour]
How theys .iij. signes othrr while be borne barrit here now apperith in
thys figure. And then of him that beris theys armys ye shaƚƚ say in
latyn. ¶ Portat tres coronas aureas ī campo asorio. Et gallice sic. ¶ Il
port dasor et trois corones barrez dor. Et anglice sic. ¶ He berith
asure & .iij. crounys of golde barritt.
Off .iij. Cronys borne in the Corneris of the shelde.
[Illustration: Cote Armour]
Certanly theys: iij cronys be borne ī the most comyn way in the corneris
of the shelde as here in thys scochon it apperith And then ye most thus
say that thes .iij signes be borne in the corneris of the shelde. for
that is the most comune & the moost famust maner of beryng of thes .iij
signes or ani maner signes Therfore ye shaƚƚ say that sych a lorde
berith ī latyn in thys wise as here folowys. ¶ Portat de asorio et tres
coronas aureas. non expremendo loca. Et gallice sic. ¶ Il port dasor et
trois corones dor. Et anglice sic. ¶ He berith asure and .iij crownys of
golde.
¶ Off fisħys borne in armys in dyu̇se wyse here is a dectrine
[Illustration: Cote Armour]
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