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
Ther be .vi. Differences in armys .ij. for thexcellent. and .iiij. for
the nobles. Labeƚƚ and Enborduryng for lordis. Iemews Molettys Flowre
delyce and Quyntfoyles for thee nobles.
In blasẏng of armẏs be .ix. quadrattis that is to saẏ .v. quadrate
finiall and iiii. Roẏall
In blasyng of armys ther be .ix. quadrattis for to consider .v. quadrate
finiaƚƚ and .iiij. Royaƚƚ. Fyue quadrate finiaƚƚ be theys. Gereri.
Gerundi. Fretly. Geratly. and Endently.
¶ Gereri is called in armys whan cootarmuris ar .ix. quarteris dyuerse
colowris.
¶ Gerundi is called in armys whan the cootarmure is of .ix. dyuerse
colowris: &̄ a fusitarget with in the cootarmure of whatt colowre that
hit be of
¶ Fretly is calde ī armys whan the cootarmure is counterfesid
¶ Geratly is calde in armys whan the cootarmure is powderd Bot a blaisar
shaƚƚ not say he berith Ermen. Siluer powderd with Ermen Bot he shaƚƚ
say he berith Ermen or ellis in sume armys he muste say demy Ermen: wich
is to sai whitli Ermen
In so moch that ī the fifthe quadrat finiaƚƚ hit is determyned of the
tokenys of armys. or I procede to hit: is shewed whatt maner of tokeny a
gentyƚƚ man may weer.
A gentilman mai not weer tokynys of armys bot of steinīg colowre. that
is to say his cootarmure ynyat or ellis I geratt with preciouse stonys
Gerattyng haue .ix. bagges of cootarmuris. First with croslettis. and of
theym ther be .iiij dyuerse. and tho bene theys Cros fixyly. Cros paty
Cros croslettis. and Cros flory
¶ The secunde bage is flowre delyce.
¶ The threde baage is roslettys
¶ The fowrith baage is prymarose.
¶ The fifthe baage is quynfolis.
¶ The sexthe baage is diaclys
¶ The seuenith baage is chappelettys
¶ The .viij. baage is Molettys.
¶ And the .ix. baage is Cressauntis that is to say halfe the moone.
theys be powderygis of cootarmuris.
¶ The fifthe quadrate is calde Endently of .iij. diu̇se weis that is to
say bebally lentally and fyesly.
¶ Bebally is calde ī armys whan a cotearmure is calde Endentyde of .ij.
dyuerse colowris in the length of the cotearmure
¶ Lentalli is calde in armys whan y^e cootarmure is Endentid with .ij.
dyuerse colowris in the berde of the cootarmure
¶ Fyesly is called in armys .iij. manere weys Fesybagy fesy target and
fesy generaƚƚ.
Fesy bagy is whan tokenys of armys be disseiuered from the cheef of the
cotearmure to the right spleyer in the feelde
¶ Fesy target is whan a scogion̄ or an engislet is made in the mydduƚƚ
of the cootarmure.
¶ Fesy generaƚƚ is calde in armys whan the cootarmure is Endentid with
.ij. dyuerse colouris from the laste poynt of the cootarmure to the
spleyer
The chefe is calde in armys the myddys of the cootarmure of the right
syde.
Quadrat is calde in armys whan the felde is set with sum tokyn of armys.
¶ A quadrant finaƚƚ is called in armys whan the felde is discolourid
with tokenis of armys hauyng no beest in the felde.
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