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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

Name: The boke of Saint Albans : $b containing treatises on hawking, hunting, and cote armour
Author: Berners, Juliana

Berners, Juliana

Falconry -- Early works to 1800; Heraldry -- Early works to 1800; Hunting -- Early works to 1800

A Gret dowte yit remaynys a nendys blaseris of armys ī dyfferens be twix
thys cros fimbriatit or borderit. as here now apperis and the forsayd
cros vmbratit. in so moch that they are mych like. and it apperis in the
first sight that they be bot oon. bot and a man beholde weƚƚ ther is a
gret differens. for the bordir of thys cros is variet as weƚƚ fro the
coloure of the cros as fro the coloure of the felde. and elles is ther
no dowte. Therfore it shaƚƚ be sayde of hym that beris theys armys in
thys wyse first in latyn thus. Portat vnam crucem nigram perforatam
floridam patentem fimbriatam siue borduratam cum argento in campo rubeo.
Gallice sic. ¶ Il port de gullez vng crois flouretee patee percee de
sabuƚƚ bordure dargent. Anglice sic. ¶ He berith goules with a cros
flurri patent persit of Sable borderit w^t Silu̇.


            Now folowis an Ermyn cros as it shaƚƚ be shewyd

[Illustration: Cote Armour]

For certan ther is an Ermyn cros. & hitt is a meruelus cros of y^e wich
ther was a disputacion at london by a certan herrowde of Bretan. And it
was determynyt that theys armys may be in non other coloure bot as here
it apperis And thys cros is calde an Ermyn cros. and it shaƚƚ be sayd of
him that beris theys armys in thys wyse as it shaƚƚ folow. first in
latyn thus. ¶ Portat vnam crucem ereminalem. Et gallice sic. ¶ Il port
vng croys Eremmee Anglice sic. ¶ He berith a cros ermyn And here ye
moost note that the coloure ī theys armys shaƚƚ not be expressit for
this cros ner theis armis may not be made bot of theys colouris that is
to say allone of blacke and white the wich ar the propur coloris of
theys armys.

Sufficientli is spokyn of crossis afore. now folowis an odir treteys of
dyuerse armys quarteryt as here shaƚƚ be shewyt.

Off armys quarterit sum ar armis quarterit playn Sum quarterit engradit.
Sum quarterit irrasit. Sum quarterit inueckyt. Sum quarterit indentit of
the wich it shaƚƚ be spokyn euerich oon after other. and first of
tharmys playn


          Itt shaƚƚ be shewyd first of armys quarterit playn.

[Illustration: Cote Armour]

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The boke of Saint Albans : $b containing treatises on hawking, hunting, and cote armourBerners, Juliana

History

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 Gret dowte yit remaynys a nendys blaseris of armys ī dyfferens be twix
thys cros fimbriatit or borderit. as here now apperis and the forsayd
cros vmbratit. in so moch that they are mych like. and it apperis in the
first sight that they be bot oon. bot and a man beholde weƚƚ ther is a
gret differens. for the bordir of thys cros is variet as weƚƚ fro the
coloure of the cros as fro the coloure of the felde. and elles is ther
no dowte. Therfore it shaƚƚ be sayde of hym that beris theys armys in
thys wyse first in latyn thus. Portat vnam crucem nigram perforatam
floridam patentem fimbriatam siue borduratam cum argento in campo rubeo.
Gallice sic. ¶ Il port de gullez vng crois flouretee patee percee de
sabuƚƚ bordure dargent. Anglice sic. ¶ He berith goules with a cros
flurri patent persit of Sable borderit w^t Silu̇.


            Now folowis an Ermyn cros as it shaƚƚ be shewyd

[Illustration: Cote Armour]

For certan ther is an Ermyn cros. & hitt is a meruelus cros of y^e wich
ther was a disputacion at london by a certan herrowde of Bretan. And it
was determynyt that theys armys may be in non other coloure bot as here
it apperis And thys cros is calde an Ermyn cros. and it shaƚƚ be sayd of
him that beris theys armys in thys wyse as it shaƚƚ folow. first in
latyn thus. ¶ Portat vnam crucem ereminalem. Et gallice sic. ¶ Il port
vng croys Eremmee Anglice sic. ¶ He berith a cros ermyn And here ye
moost note that the coloure ī theys armys shaƚƚ not be expressit for
this cros ner theis armis may not be made bot of theys colouris that is
to say allone of blacke and white the wich ar the propur coloris of
theys armys.

Sufficientli is spokyn of crossis afore. now folowis an odir treteys of
dyuerse armys quarteryt as here shaƚƚ be shewyt.

Off armys quarterit sum ar armis quarterit playn Sum quarterit engradit.
Sum quarterit irrasit. Sum quarterit inueckyt. Sum quarterit indentit of
the wich it shaƚƚ be spokyn euerich oon after other. and first of
tharmys playn


          Itt shaƚƚ be shewyd first of armys quarterit playn.

[Illustration: Cote Armour]

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

The boke of Saint Albans : $b containing treatises on hawking, hunting, and cote armour

The boke of Saint Albans : $b containing treatises on hawking, hunting, and cote armour

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