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 Cros dowbuƚƚ is founde in the armys of dyuerse nobuƚƚ men the wych
certan cros is calde a dowbuƚƚ ꝑtitid cros. For if it be deuydid or
partid after the long way or the brode way yit ther a bydys on dowbuƚƚ
cros as we may se here. Yit I haue seen many nobuƚƚ men dowttyng of thys
cros moore then of any cros a fore said: the wich neuer the lees aftir
long disputacionis in thoppynion a foresayd restid and concludid.
Therfore he that beris theys armys. latine sic. ¶ Portat vnam crucem
duplicatam argenteam in campo nigro. Gallice sic. ¶ Il port sable vng
cros dowble petie dargent. Anglice sic. ¶ He berith Sable and a cros
dowble pertitid of Siluer.
¶ Off a cros dowble ꝑtitid florishid
[Illustration: Cote Armour]
This cros dowble ꝑtitid is varied sum timys. and then hit is called a
cros dowble partitid florishid. as here. Neuertheles hit is calde a cros
flurri inpropurli as sum men sayen for hit faylith the myddys of that
flowre as a noon hit shaƚƚ folow in the next armys. the wich certan
myddys by no maner of wyse in that cros dowble ꝑtitid may be. as a noon
it shaƚƚ be shewed. Bot he that berith theis armis latine. ¶ Portat vnam
crucem duplam ꝑtitam auream in campo rubeo. Gallice. ¶ Il port de gowlez
vng cros double ꝑtie floretee dor. Anglice. ¶ He berith gowles and a
cros dowble ꝑtitid flurri of golde.
¶ Off a cros tripartitid florishid.
[Illustration: Cote Armour]
Bot as is shewed a fore this cros is calde a cros dowble ꝑtitid
florisħid for ther faylith the myddys of the cros by the wich the cros
florishid is made ꝑfite. as here hit is opyn. the wich certan myddys
putt ther to it shaƚƚ not be called a cros dowble ꝑtitid florished Bot
rathir it shaƚƚ be calde a cros threfolde ꝑtitid flurri. And then it is
weƚƚ blased. for and it be dyuidid after the longnes or after the
brodenes. aƚƚ way oon parte shaƚƚ a byde triꝑtitid in the myddis of the
cros as it is opyn ī tharmys a fore writtyn. And therfore he that berith
theis armis. latine. ¶ Portat vnā crucē triꝑtitā de argē^o ī cāpo de
asuro. Gallice. ¶ Il port daser vng cros trefoys ꝑtee floretee dargent.
Anglice sic. ¶ He berith of asure with a cros triꝑtitid floree of
Siluer.
¶ Off a mylneris cros shadowyd or vmbratid.
[Illustration: Cote Armour]
A dowte theer is yit of a certayn shadow of a mylnerys cros as it
shewith here folowyng. And knaw ye that it is called a shadow of a cros
for euermore thys shadow is made of blacke coloure. of what sum euer
coloure the felde be of. the shadow is made of blacke. and the bodi of
the same shadow is of y^e same coloure with the felde. ¶ And he that
berith theys armys. latine. Portat vnam crucem vmbratam in campo aureo.
¶ Gallice sic. Il port dor vng cros moleyne vmbre. ¶ Anglice. He berith
of golde with a mylneris cros vmbratid or shadowyd.
¶ Off a cros floree patent vmbratid.
[Illustration: Cote Armour]
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