Tabard, so called of the sign, which, as we now term it, is of a jacket, or sleeveless coat, whole before, open on both sides, with a square collar, winged at the shoulders ; a stately garment of old time, commonly worn of noblemen and others, both at... London; Being an Accurate History and Description of the British Metropolis ... - Page 489de David Hughson - 1807Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
| 1815 - 502 pages
...depicted upon them,, that every man by his coat of amis might be known from others : but iH'<p tifese tabards are only worn by the heralds, and are called their coats of arms in service."— This, ipn was, .t|ie place of rendezvous for. the pilgrims oo their journies to pay their devo: tions at... | |
| Thomas Allen - 1829 - 524 pages
...the shoulders. A stately garment of old time, commonly worn by noblemen and others both at home and abroad, in the wars ; but then to wit, in the wars...embroidered, or otherwise depicted upon them, that eveiy man by his coat of arms BOOK ii. (corrupted to Talbot) inn ; in which was the residence of the... | |
| Thomas Allen - 1831 - 390 pages
...(purveyor of viands), the reve (bailiff), the sompnour (apparitor), and the pardoner (seller of pardons). might be known from others. But now these tabards...heralds, and are called their coats of arms in service." ** The state, ariy, and number, and the cause CHAP It M'hy that assemblid was thir com pan ie » •In... | |
| Charles Knight - 1841 - 478 pages
...the shoulders : a stately garment of old time, commonly worn of noblemen and others, both at home and abroad in the wars ; but then (to wit in the wars) their arms embroidered, or otherwise depict upon them, that every man by his coat of arms might be known from others. But now these tabards... | |
| John Stow - 1842 - 252 pages
...the shoulders ; a stately garment of old time, commonly worn of noblemen and others, both at home and abroad in the wars, but then (to wit in the wars) their arms embroidered, or otherwise depict upon them, that every man by his coat of arms might be known from others : but now these tabards... | |
| John Heneage Jesse - 1850 - 502 pages
...the shoulders : a stately garment of old time, commonly worn of noblemen and others, both at home and abroad, in the wars ; but then (to wit, in the wars),...now these tabards are only worn by the heralds, and called their coats of arms in service." — " This was the hostelry," writes Speght, in 1598 — "... | |
| James Robertson (of 5, Bankside.) - 1863 - 88 pages
...the shoulders ; a stately garment of old time, commonly worn of noblemen and others both at home and abroad in the wars ; but then (to wit in the wars) their arms embroidered, or otherwise depict upon them that every man by his coat of arms might be known from others. But now these tabards... | |
| Surrey Archaeological Society - 1864 - 456 pages
...the shoulders : a stately garment of old time, commonly worn of noblemen and others, both at home and abroad in the wars ; but then (to wit, in the wars) their arms embroidered or otherwise depict upon them, that every man, by his coat of arms, might be known from others. But now these tabards... | |
| 1866 - 632 pages
...the shoulders : a stately garment of old time, commonly worn of noblemen and others, both at home and abroad in the wars ; but then (to wit, in the wars) their arms embroidered, or otherwise depict upon them, that every man by his coat of arms might be known from others. But now these tabards... | |
| Jacob Larwood, John Camden Hotten - 1866 - 616 pages
...wars, but then, (to \\ it, in the wars,) their arms embroidered or otherwise depict upon them, that any man by his coat of arms might be known from others ; but now these tabardes are only worn by the heralds, and be called their coat* of arrnes in service." — Stoir,... | |
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