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
Moore ouer ye shaƚƚ vnderstonde that ther is an othere playn cros the
wich certanly is calde a watery cros. and hit is calde a wateri cros for
hit is made bi the maner of water trowbulled with wynde. as here hit
shewys ī theys armys. Therfor he the wich berith theys armys beris in
this wyse as it shaƚƚ folow first in latyn thus. ¶ Portat vnam crucem
planam vndosam de argento in campo rubeo. Et gallice sic. ¶ Il port de
gowlez vng cros playn vndee dargent. Anglice sic. ¶ He berith gowles and
a playn wateri cros of Syluer.
¶ Also ther is a cros that is calde inueckyt.
[Illustration: Cote Armour]
In armys also ar founde moo crossis the wich ar made of colowris
inuekkyt or indentit as here in thys cros apperith And it is calde a
cros inuekkyt for the cause that hit has .ij. colouris. oon put in to an
other. And of him that beris theys armys ye shaƚƚ say first in latyn
thus. ¶ Portat vnam crucem planam inuectam de coloribus albis & nigris
in campo rubeo. Et gallice sic. ¶ Il port de gowlez vng cros playn verre
dargent & sable. Anglice. ¶ He berith gowles and a cros of Siluer and
Sable inuekkyt.
Off an other maner cros that is calde a cros croslet.
[Illustration: Cote Armour]
Yett folowith an other cros the wich es calde a cros crossit or croslet.
and hit is calde crossit for ī eu̇r ende he is crossit as here apperis.
Bot this cros is not so oft borne in armys by him selfe as other crossis
neuer the lees mony tymys hit is borne ī dimynutiuys that is to say in
littyƚƚ crossis crossit And then tharmys ar powderit with littyƚƚ
crossis cruciatit. And ye shaƚƚ say thus of hym y^t beris theys armys
first in latyn. Ille portat vnam crucem cruciatam de argento in campo
asoreo. Et gallice sic. ¶ Il port dasor vng crois croycee dargent.
Anglice sic ¶ He berith asure & a cros croslet of Siluer. And whan such
crossis ar borne and put ī armys as I said afore ī dymynutiuys &̄ w^t
owte any ċtan nombre then thay ar called in french Croslettys.
¶ More ouer ther is a cros masculatit as here it folowis.
[Illustration: Cote Armour]
Wytt ye weƚƚ yit y^t ther is an other cros the wych is called a cros
masculatit as here it apperis. And this cros is called a cros masculatit
for he is made of masculys of the wich certan masculis ye shaƚƚ se
afterward in the chapitur of fusyllis mascult: and losyngys where this
mater shaƚƚ be moor playnli tretit. And he that beris thys armys beris
as it is shewed here after. first in latyn thus. ¶ Portat vnam crucem
masculatam de argento in campo asereo. Et gallice sic. ¶ Il port dasor
vng cros masculee dargent. Anglice sic. He berith asure and a cros
masculatit of Syluer.
¶ Also ther is a cros masculatit and perforatit as here.
[Illustration: Cote Armour]
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