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 is an odyr cros playn the wich meruelusly fro the playn cros of
Saynt george differis. as here apperith. And here it is to be merkyd.
that thoppynyon of sum men: sayng is. that theis armys be chekkerd
armys. and this oppynyon is vtturli to be repreuyd for armys may not be
checkerd bot at the lest in the nombur of .iiij. and in a grettyr nombur
they may wele be made. as afterward shaƚƚ be shewed. Therfor it is to be
said. latine sic. ¶ Ille portat vnam crucem argenteā ꝑforatam in campo
nigro. Et gallice sic. ¶ Il port de Sable vng cros dargent ꝑtee.
Anglice. ¶ He berith Sable and a cros perforatid of Siluer.
¶ Off a besantid cros.
[Illustration: Cote Armour]
Over theis crossis we heue an odyr cros the wiche I sawe late in tharmys
of a certan Ianuens as here it shewis And this is calde a besant cros
for it is made aƚƚ of besanttis. and sych a cros may be made als sone
with lytiƚƚ cakys as with besanttys. for besantys and lytiƚƚ cakys
differ not bot in colore. for besanttis be euer of golden coloure. ne
the coloure of the besant shaƚƚ be expressid in blasyng of armys. for it
nedis not to say a besant of golde for ther be no besantis bot of golde
Therfor it is to be sayd. latine sic. Ille portat vnam crucem talentatam
in campo rubeo. Gallice sic. ¶ Il port de gowlez vng cros besauntee.
Anglice sic. ¶ He berith gowles and a cros besauntid.
¶ Off a cros flurry.
[Illustration: Cote Armour]
Now folowith an odyr cros flurry. the wich is so called as hit apperith
here. And therfor hit is calde de florishyng cros. for hit has flouris
in eueri ende vpwarde that is to say saue the foote. thys cros flurri
sum tyme is borne in armys fixabuƚƚ. And then it is calde in armys a
cros flurri fixabuƚƚ. for in iij. of his endys he is florishyng and in
the foote pichabuƚƚ or fixabuƚƚ. Therfore it is to be sayde of him that
beris hit. latine. ¶ Portat vnam cuccem auream floridam in campo asoreo.
Et gallice. Il port dasor vng croys flouretee dor. Anglice. ¶ He berith
asure and a cros flurri of golde.
¶ Now here shaƚƚ be shewyd of a cros flurri patent ī armys
[Illustration: Cote Armour]
Now folowith a noḋ cros the wich is called a cros flurry patent. as here
it apperith. And hit is calde a cros flurri patent for he hath his endis
opyn and ī y^e myddys of eueri ende apperith an other thryde in the
maner of a flowre as it is opynli shewed in this cros. Therfore it shaƚƚ
be sayd that the berer of theys armys: beris in this wyse as foloth
first in latyn thus. ¶ Portat vnam crucem floridam patentem de auro in
campo asureo. Et gallice sic. ¶ Il port dasor vng patee flouretee dor.
Anglice sic. ¶ He berith asure with a cros patent flurri of golde.
¶ Ye shaƚƚ vnderstand here of a playn wateri cros.
[Illustration: Cote Armour]
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