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
Armys with a bordure ingraylit other while ar borne of certan nobuƚƚ men
as here now is shewit in thys scochon. And syche a bordure is calde a
bordure ingraylit for the colowre of hym is put gre by gre in to the
felde of tharmys as it is opyn here. And the possessor of theys armys
beris ī latyn tong thus as folowys. ¶ Portat arma de auro fymbriata siue
bordurata de nigro ingradata cum tribus maculis perforatis de nigro.
Gallice sic. ¶ Il port dor trois mullettis perforatee de Sable vng
borduree ingraylee de Sable. Anglice sic. ¶ He berith golde .iij.
molettis perforatit of Sabuƚƚ and a bordure ingraylit of Sabuƚƚ.
Now of armys borderit and talentit I wiƚƚ shew exemple.
[Illustration: Cote Armour]
Ther is borne in armys a certan bordure talentit as here. and it is not
necessari here to expres the colowre of the talentis or besantis: for
thay be euer of golde. And it shaƚƚ be sayd of him that beris thes armis
in thys wyse first in latyn thus. ¶ Portat vnum signum capitale de rubio
in campo albo borduratum cum rubio talentatim. Gallice sic. Il port
dargent vng cheueron de gowlez borduree de gowlez talentee. Et anglice
sic. ¶ He berith siluer a Cheueron of gowles bordurit with gowles
talentyt.
¶ Off armys bordurit hauyng .ij. Cheuerons of siluer & ċ.
[Illustration: Cote Armour]
Understonde ye that certan tymys a bordure is borne in armys powderit
dyuerse ways other wyle with molettis with rosis or with littyƚƚ crossis
or with besantis or oder dyu̇se. And it is calde a bordure powderit when
any thyng is ī that bordure: of what sum eu̇ signe it be. as it is sayd
a fore. and theys signys as rosis moletis and other ar not countit for
ċtan nombur: for y^e nombur of that powderyng excedis the nombur of ix
And then y^t bordure is calde powderit as here. And ye shaƚƚ say that
the possessor of theys armys beris in this wyse as folowys. first in
latyn thus. ¶ Portat vnum scutum de rubio cum duobus signis capitalibus
de albo et vna bordura pulu̇isota cum talentis. Et gallice sic. ¶ Il
port de gowlez deux Cheuerons dargent et vng bordure de gowlez powdree
telentee. Anglice sic. He berith gowles .ij. Cheuerons of Syluer and a
bordure powderit with besantis.
¶ Yit ther is an other maner bordure that is calde Cheekert.
[Illustration: Cote Armour]
We haue yit an other bordure in armys the wich is calde a bordure
chekkerit. And it is calde a chekkerit bordure for hit is made of .ij.
colowris by the maner of a Chekker as here it apperis. And it shaƚƚ be
sayd of hym the wich beris theys armys in this wyse as folowys. first in
latyn thus. Portat vnam crucem rubiam planam ī campo argenteo cum vna
bordura scaccata de nigro et argento. Et gallice sic. Il port dargent
vng croys playn de gowles borduree chekkee de Sable et dargent. Et
anglice sic. He berith Siluer oon cros playn of gowles a bordure
chekkerit with Sabuƚƚ &̄ Siluer.
Off borduris gobonatit now here is an exempuƚƚ.
[Illustration: Cote Armour]
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