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
A Quadrant Royaƚƚ is calde whan the feelde occupyeth y^e token of a
beest or ony other tokyn set with in the coōtarmure to the nowmbre of
fiue.
¶ The first quadrant is oon tokyn of armys allonli sett and whatt after
his byrthe he beerith.
¶ The secunde quadrant Royaƚƚ is beryng in his cootarmur iij. thyngꝭ
calde the tokenys of armys. that is to say iij. flowredelice in fylcyals
.iij. rosis .iij. chapplettis iij. lebardis .iij. lyonys. and so the
.iiij. quadrat Royaƚƚ is to bere a beest Raunpande: bebaly. lentally.
and fessely.
Here shall be shewed what Cootarmuris restrẏal ben and weer the blaser
shall begẏn to blase.
Thre cootarmuris be ther called restryaƚƚ in armys. Oon is whan a
cootarmure is barri of dyuerse colowris to the poynt. and what colowre
the poynt be of. the poynt is the felde. Ther the blaser shaƚƚ begynne.
¶ The secunde cootarmure restriaƚƚ is calde ī armys whan a cootarmure is
paly of dyuerse colouris to the poynt. & whatt pale medyƚƚ in the poynt
y^t coloure is the felde The blaaser shaƚƚ blase from that colowre to
the next coloure pale.
¶ The threde cootarmure restriaƚƚ is calde in armys whan a cootarmure is
sentry of dyuerse colowris to the poynt and whatt settre mydyƚƚ in the
poynt y^t colowre is the felde. The blaseyr shaƚƚ blase from y^t colowre
to the next colowre of the lefte side of the cootarmure and blase the
colowre sentri.
Merke what sentre Fixal Mangis Gorgis & other diuerse here now folowẏng
be calde ī armẏs
¶ A Sentre in armys is called stakar of tentis.
¶ Fixiaƚƚ be called in armys mylner pykes.
¶ Mangys be called in armys a sleue.
¶ Gorgys be called in armys water bulgees.
¶ Elynellis be calde in armys .iiij. quadrantis truncholis.
¶ Oglys be calde in armys gonestonys.
¶ Tortlettis be calde in armys wasteƚƚ.
¶ Diaclys be called in armys scopprellys.
¶ Myrris be calde in armys merowris or glasses.
¶ Feons be calde in armys brode arow hedys.
¶ Tronkys be calde in armys any bestys hede or neck Ikytt chagikli a
sonder.
¶ Demy is calde in armys halfe a best in the felde.
¶ Countretreuis is calde in armys whan halfe the beest is of oon coloure
and that other halfe of an other coloure
¶ Eny cotarmure that berith a crosse to the poynt: the poynte is the
felde. as Seynt George berith gollis fowre anglettis of Siluer. bot
ayens this rule sum blaseris of armys repungne as hit is shewed in the
boke foloyng.
¶ Theis .iij. termys. of. and. with shaƚƚ not be rehersed in armys bot
onys any of thaym
¶ Ther be diuerse berẏngẏs of feeldẏs
Dyuerse beryngis of feeldis ther be ¶ Oon is beryng hole felde. hit is
clepyd in armys claury
¶ The secūde is berīg too feldis. hit is calde ī armis Coūċli
¶ The threde is beryng too feldis in .iiij. quarteris: hit is calde in
armys quarily
¶ Ther bene .iii. cote armurẏs grẏttẏ
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