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Rows of shields. Cooke's Ordinary and the Balliol Roll. England, c.1340. Cooke’s Ordinary and the Balliol Roll. Cooke’s Ordinary is reputedly the oldest European ordinary of arms in existence; England, c 1340. Latin. It comprises seven membranes (the first of which is fragmentary), containing 589 shields arranged by charge in eighty-eight rows, with accompanying names, to allow the user to identify the holders of particular arms. Source: Add. Roll. 77242. Language: Latin.
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Rows of shields. Cooke's Ordinary and the Balliol Roll. England, c.1340. Cooke’s Ordinary and the Balliol Roll. Cooke’s Ordinary is reputedly the oldest European ordinary of arms in existence; England, c 1340. Latin. It comprises seven membranes (the first of which is fragmentary), containing 589 shields arranged by charge in eighty-eight rows, with accompanying names, to allow the user to identify the holders of particular arms. Source: Add. Roll. 77242. Language: Latin.
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Album / British Library
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Image size:
4864 x 7230 px | 100.6 MB
Print size:
41.2 x 61.2 cm | 16.2 x 24.1 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
14TH CENTURY • ARISTOCRACY • ARISTOCRAT • ARMADURA • ARMOR • ARMORS • ARMOUR • ARMOURS • BLASON • BODY ARMOR • BREASTPLATE • BUCKLER • COAT OF ARMS • COAT-OF-ARMS • DATE BY CENTURY OF WORK OR SCENE • FOURTEENTH CENTURY • HERALDIC SYMBOLS • HERALDIC • HERALDRIES • HERALDRY • HUMANS • MEDIEVAL • MIDDLE AGES • NOBILITY • NOBLE • NOBLEMAN • NOBLES • NOBLESSE • PEOPLE • PERFORMANCE • PROTECTIVE CLOTHING AND ACCESSORIES • ROLE • ROYALS • RULING CLASS • SHIELD OF ARMS • SHIELD • SOCIAL CLASS • STYLE AND PERIOD • SUIT OF ARMOR • SUIT OF ARMOUR • SUIT OF ARMOURS • VISUAL WORKS
