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bezanty

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Searchable Lemmata: besanté (AF), besaunte (ME), byzantatus (L), bezanty (MdE).
Alternate Forms: besantato, besaunté, besentati, besentatus.

    Definitions and Defining Citations:

1(psp.) Decoration; decorated or charged with bezants (gold coins or roundels); past participle used as adjective in heraldic contexts.(ante 1300 - post 1450)
1. [322] ... tunica ... de panno indico tarsico basantato de auro ... [323] ... capsa operta sameto rubeo, cum frectis et scutis breudatis. [DMLBS Vis. S. Paul. (322-323) 1295]
2. R. de N. a deus bastuns de gules besanté or Accounts. [AND Eight Rolls (32.33) post 1250]
3. (1345) ... unus de serico cum auro besentatus ... (1348) ... veteres panni qui dicuntur curtici ... [DMLBS Sacr. Lichf. (112) circa 1345]
4. [80] ... Le Roy de Jesuralem [sic] porte l’escu d’argent croiselee d’or a une croise potente d’or. Et si avient malement colour d’or en argent ... [81] ... Sire Alayn de la Zouche porte l’escu de goules besauntee d’or ... [82] ... Quant ils sount d’or, sount besauntz; quant ils sount d’argent, platz [AND Dean Tract (80-82) circa 1350]
5. Sire W. de C. de argent a une crois besaunté de or Legal. [AND Parl Writs (411) ante 1328]
6. [200] ... The armys of Yngelond, the bordore sylvyr ... the flowrdelyes of golde ... [201] ... The bordore sabyll, besaunte of golde ... [Gold a] lyone of purpull [MED Bk.Arms in Anc.3 (200-201) circa 1460]
c.f.: bezant
AF, ME, MdE.
Sex: Male, Female, Infant    Ceremonial: Yes
Body Parts: N/A.

    Etymological Evidence:

Definite, from Old French (cf. French besantée), < the noun besant 'bezant' (q.v.).
WF: Derivation
Etym Cog: bezant.
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