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... seen by the numerous references to Vol . I. The quotations have been , as in Vol . I. , corrected and restored to their original spelling . As stated above , more than two hundred new headings have been added , with about fifty new ...
... seen by the numerous references to Vol . I. The quotations have been , as in Vol . I. , corrected and restored to their original spelling . As stated above , more than two hundred new headings have been added , with about fifty new ...
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... seen also . In the Pembridge effigy , circa 1330 ( see Hollis ) they are shown attached by arming points . They frequently serve as additional opportunities for the display of the armorial bearings of the wearer ; and the mention of ...
... seen also . In the Pembridge effigy , circa 1330 ( see Hollis ) they are shown attached by arming points . They frequently serve as additional opportunities for the display of the armorial bearings of the wearer ; and the mention of ...
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... seen so decorated in fig . 237 , from the effigy of Dorothy Strutt , in Whalley Church , Essex 1641. The ordinary apron of the lower classes , with its bib for the breast , is seen in fig . 242. During the time of William III . they ...
... seen so decorated in fig . 237 , from the effigy of Dorothy Strutt , in Whalley Church , Essex 1641. The ordinary apron of the lower classes , with its bib for the breast , is seen in fig . 242. During the time of William III . they ...
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... seen closed under BEAVER . He considers it as " probably the great and little armet . " In ordi- nary helmets , the beaver , when up , dis- plays the face ; but to do that , it falls down to the chin . On the top plate is a horizontal ...
... seen closed under BEAVER . He considers it as " probably the great and little armet . " In ordi- nary helmets , the beaver , when up , dis- plays the face ; but to do that , it falls down to the chin . On the top plate is a horizontal ...
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... seen in its early form ( fig . 107 ) on the of a knight crusader , in Walkerne Church , Hertford In some instances the sight is only obtained by a spac for the eyes between the lacing of the aventaille and hel A more airy and convenient ...
... seen in its early form ( fig . 107 ) on the of a knight crusader , in Walkerne Church , Hertford In some instances the sight is only obtained by a spac for the eyes between the lacing of the aventaille and hel A more airy and convenient ...
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ancient appears armour band baselard beard boots brass buttons called Canterbury Tales Charles Charles II Chaucer's Church cloak cloth coat colour copied covered Cupid's Revenge curious curls Cynthia's Revels decorated doublet dress Earl early Eastward Hoe Edited Edward Edward III effigy England English engraved fashion fastened fifteenth century fourteenth century French gambeson garment girdle gloves gold gorget gown hair hanging head head-dress helmet Henry VIII History Honest Whore hood Illustrations inventory jewels John kind King knight Knight's Tale lace leather linen Lord mentioned Meyrick middle ages neck noticed occurs original ornamented pair Patient Grissell plate portrait Queen reign of Elizabeth reign of Henry ribbon Richard Richard II romance round ruff Satires Saxon says seen shoes shoulders silk silver sixteenth sleeves sometimes specimen Strutt sword temp term tion Trans Translated velvet wear wore worn by ladies
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