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The theater of honour and knight-hood, or, A compendious chronicle and historie of the whole Christian world : containing the originall of all monarchies, kingdomes and estates, with their emperours, kings, princes and gouernours, their beginnings, continuance and successions to this present time : the first institution of armes, emblazons, kings, heralds, and pursuiuants of armes, with all the ancient and moderne military orders of knight-hood in euery kingdome ... / written in French by Andrew Fauine ...
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Favyn, André.
- Standardized Title:
- Théâtre d'honneur et de chevalerie. English
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Orders of knighthood and chivalry--Early works to 1800.
- Orders of knighthood and chivalry.
- Heraldry--Early works to 1800.
- Heraldry.
- Nobility--Europe--Early works to 1800.
- Nobility.
- Precedence--Early works to 1800.
- Precedence.
- Europe.
- Genre:
- Early works.
- Physical Description:
- [42], 572 [i.e. 584], 538 [i.e. 558] p. : ill., coats of arms ; 33 cm. (fol.)
- Other Title:
- Theater of honour and knighthood
- Compendious chronicle and historie of the whole Christian world
- Place of Publication:
- London : Printed by W. Iaggard ..., 1623.
- Contents:
- The originall of armes, emblazons, escocheons, targets, shields, helmets, crests, mantles, kings, herauldes, parsuiuants of armes, crownes, wreaths, rewards, recompences, and ceremonies obserued in creation of knights
- The originall of the French; their kings from time to time, their Justice, Courts of Parliaments, Precedency, Riuers, Lands, Uniuersities, Bishopprickes & Ceremonies at Coronations, with all their orders of knighthood
- Orders in France
- Orders of Flanders, the Low-Countries, and the Golden Fleece
- Orders of England
- Orders of Spaine
- Orders of Germany
- Orders of Italy
- Orders of Florence
- Orders of the Holy Land
- Orders of the Nine Woorthies of the World.
- Notes:
- Signatures: piA⁴(piA1+chi1) [par.]⁴ a⁴ b-c² d⁴ A-3B⁶ 3C⁴, ²a-2l⁶ *-2*⁴ 2m-2t⁶ 2v-2z⁴ 3a⁴( -3a4).
- Cited in:
- STC (2nd ed.) 10717
- OCLC:
- 3231824
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