10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AVENTAILE»
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aventaile in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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In the plate of Richard Cmur de Lion, taken from his seal, the aventaile fixed to
the helmet, which is cylindrical, (and thishad. become the usual form,) has the
appearance of horizon— tal bars ; but sometimes these were perpendicular, and
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William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, 1824
2
The Alliterative Revival
... beste that was in Basille, wyth bordurs ryche, The creste and the coronalle
enclosed so faire Wyth clasppis of clere golde, couched wyth stones; The vesare,
the aventaile, enarmede so faire, Voyde withowttyne vice, with wyndowes of
syluer.
Thorlac Turville-Petre, 1977
3
The Quarterly Review (London)
In later times the -aventaile was of mail, attached under the helmet to the hood.
An attempt at a moveable vizor is discoverable on a seal of the twelfth century;
but it was very long before this contrivzmce was perfected. » The precise date at ...
4
The Polytechnic Journal
The nasal was supplanted by cheek-plates, which nearly covered the visage ;
and to these succeeded an iron mask called the aventaile, which covered the
face entirely, except where it was pierced for sight and breathing. While the
helmet ...
5
Dictionary of obsolete and provincial English, containing ...
The plant herb be net, Avensong, *. Evening. A vent, interj. Avaunt ! Aventaile, *. (
A.-N.) The moveable front to a helmet, but sometimes applied generally to the
whole front of the helmet. Avente, v. (A.-N.) To open the aventaile for the purpose
of ...
6
A Cyclopaedia of Costume Or Dictionary of Dress, Including ...
Towards the end of the latter epoch it became gradually restricted to the
improved and more important casque, enclosing all the head with the exception
of the face, which was defended by an aventaile or vizor. (See page 23.) It is from
this ...
James Robinson Planché, 1876
7
Sussex Archaeological Collections Relating to the History ...
Also to John Brocas19 one coat of mail which is at Arundel and one aventaile (a
visor) which is in London, in the keeping of Philip Broune, armourer. Also to Thos.
Salman one pair of plates now at Wyke ; and to John of the Botelry, one palet ...
8
Merlin Or the Early History of King Arthur: A Prose Romance ...
a-vented, pp. lowered the aventaile, 335, 20; 459, 6. aventeed, v. opened the
aventaile for the purpose of breathing, 371, 9. avise, 79, 21 ; a-visement, 78, 28; s
. advice, counsel; v. look at, 308, 31. a-vised,pp. advised, assured,45, 36. avoure,
...
Henry Benjamin Wheatley, William Edward Mead, 1869
9
A New Variorum Edition of Shakespeare: The life and death of ...
The seal of King John presents us with a figure of the monarch wearing over his
armour the military surcoat as yet undistinguished by blazonry. On his head is
either a cylindrical helmet, without the aventaile, or a cap of cloth or fur. It is
difficult ...
William Shakespeare, Horace Howard Furness, 1919
10
The London Quarterly Review
In later times the aventaile was of mail, attached under the helmet to the hood. An
attempt at a moveable vizor is discoverable on a seal of the twelfth century; but it
was very long before this contrivance was perfected. The precise date at which ...
