10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «JAMBEAUX»
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1
Catalogue of the Museum of London antiquities
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0 ° ' ass. JAMBEAUX. The jambeaux or coverings for the legs were, doubtless,
often of embossed leather. The specimen, here engraved, is quite plain. Chaucer
...
Charles Roach Smith,
1854
2
Chaucer and Array: Patterns of Costume and Fabric Rhetoric ...
And finally, the narrator mentions protecting this knight's legs, and inserts at this
odd point, “His jambeaux were of quyrboilly (line 875).82 Notably, no mention is
made of his spurs, that badge of knighthood itself. According to Blair's specified ...
3
A Cyclopaedia of Costume Or Dictionary of Dress, Including ...
... poleyns and genouilleres ; in the following reign protections for the legs and
arms, jambeaux and brassarts, were added ; and before the end of the century
the whole body was cased in plate. The principal cause of this alteration was, ...
James Robinson Planché,
1879
4
Catalogue of the museum of London antiquities collected by, ...
655. JACKETS. There are several fragments of these, all made without sleeves.
656. JAMBEAUX. The jambeauxor coverings for the legs were, doubtless, often
of embossed leather. The specimen, here engraved, is quite plain. Chaucer, in
his ...
Charles Roach Smith,
1854
5
Costume in England: A History of Dress to the End of the ...
JAMBES— JAMBEAUX. Armour for the legs. The cut is from the brass of Sir John
de Creke, at Westley Waterless, Cambridgeshire, circa 1325. In Roach Smith's "
Catalogue of London Antiquities," p. 132, is figured a pair of cuirbouilly ...
Frederick William Fairholt, Harold Arthur Lee-Dillon Dillon (17th Viscount),
1885
6
Untold Legends: Brotherhood of the Blade and the Warrior's Code
ЭШШШ-ШШТШ. Heavy Thomed Bracers г Hands 4 s Heavy Thomed Cowl г
Head 6 г Heavy Thonwd Shnud г chest a. í Heavy Spiked Bracers 3 Hands 4. 9
Heavy Spiked Cowl 3 Head 6 В Heavy Spiked Jambeaux 3 Feet 5.6 Heavy ...
7
The Works of John Dryden, Volume VII: Poems, 1697-1700
... would Leathern Bucklers use, Of folded Hides; and others Shields of Pruce.
Some would be armed on his legs wele, And haue. 18 purchase] puchase F. 31
Pruce] Pruce F. 35 Jambeaux] Jambeaux F. Fables: Palamon and Arcite, Book III
129.
John Dryden, Vinton A. Dearing, Vinton A Dearing, Vinton,
2002
8
An Illustrated Dictionary of Historic Costume
CUIR-BOUZLLY. (Cuir oouillie, French.) " A preparation of leather by boiling,
which was largely employed in the Middle Ages, in addition to as well as in lieu of
metal armour. “His jambeaux were of cuir-bouly.”—Chaucer, Rime of Sir Topaz.
9
The Poems of John Dryden: Volume Five: 1697-1700
30 Some for defence would leathern bucklers use Of folded hides, and others
shields of Pruce. One hung a poleaxe at his saddle bow, And one a heavy mace,
to stun the foe; One for his legs and knees provided well, 35 With jambeaux
armed, ...
Paul Hammond, Professor of Seventeenth-Century English Literature Paul Hammond, David Hopkins,
2014
10
History of British costume
The jambeaux or jambs (leg-pieces) of Chaucer's Sir Topas were of cuir-bouly (
cuir-bouilli), a preparation of leather much used at this period, not only for armour
, but for effigies and various works of art. 11 History of Chivalry, 2 vols, 8vo.
James Robinson Planché,
1836