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
Off armys palit vndatit now here it shaƚƚ be shewyt.
[Illustration: Cote Armour]
Palyt armys oftyme ar founde vndatyt that is to say watteri as here
apperis. And theys be calde polyt armys vndatyt to the differance of
barrit armys vndatyt. the wich armys barrit may also be vndatyt as after
shaƚƚ be shewyt. And it shaƚƚ be sayd of him that beris theys armys thus
in latyn Portat arma palata vndata vel vndosa de rubio et argēto. Et
gallice sic. ¶ Il port polee vndee de gowlez et dargent. Et anglice sic.
¶ He berith paly vndatyt of gowles and Siluer.
¶ Off armys palit crokyt and sharpe now I wiƚƚ speke.
[Illustration: Cote Armour]
Loke and beholde how mony maner of wyse thes palit armys be borne
dyuerseli. as it is shewyt in thys boke. and theis armys now shewyt
here: be calde palit crokyt and sharpe. for in theys armys .ij. coloris
paly ar put to gethir: oon in to an othir crokytly and sharpe. Therfore
it shaƚƚ be sayd of hī the wich beris thes armis in thys wyse. first ī
latyn thus. ¶ Portat arma palata tortuosa acuta de nigro et argento.
Gallice sic. ¶ Il port pale daunsete de Sable et dargent. Anglice sic. ¶
He berith pale crokyt and sharpe of Sable and Syluer.
Off armys barrit playn now here it shaƚƚ be shewyt.
[Illustration: Cote Armour]
Here ī thys chapyture afore is determynyt of palit armis and in thys
chapyture now folowyng it shaƚƚ be determynyt of barrit armys. for the
wich it shaƚƚ be know that armys may be mony maner of wyse barrit. and
the first maner of wyse is playn barrit. as here apperis. And ye shaƚƚ
know that ther be certan armys barrit playn. and then ye shaƚƚ nott nede
to say ī the blasyng of theys armys: he berith playne armys barrit. Bot
ī aƚƚ othyr disperyng armys barrit: ye most nedys declare the blasyng of
theym howe thoos barrit armys differ from playn. for sū be barrit w^t a
Lyon raumpyng or a grehonde or odir beestis &̄ sū be barrit & powderit
with cros croslettys molettys Scresentis smale briddis or other
difference bot as for theys playn armis afore ye shal say in latyn in
thys wyse. Portat arma barrata de argento & nigro Et gallice sic. ¶ Il
port barre dargent et Sable. Anglice sic. ¶ He berith barri of Siluer
and Sable
¶ Off barrit armys vndatit now I wyƚƚ shew as apperith.
[Illustration: Cote Armour]
Knaw ye for ċtan that armys barrit othir wile be barrit &̄ vndatit that
is to say wateri. as here it apperith. And they be called barrit vndatit
for they be made of .ij. colouris metyng to gedre by the maner of a
floyng watre as it is opyn afore. And ye shaƚƚ say of hym that beris
theis armys ī this wyse. first ī latyn thus ¶ Portat arma barrata vndata
de nigro et albo Gallice sic. ¶ Il port barri vndee de Sable et dargent.
Anglice sic. ¶ He beris barri vndatit of Sable and Siluer.
¶ Off armys barrit and inueckyt ye shale haue exemple
[Illustration: Cote Armour]
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