Lexicographical Neighbors of Baudekins
Literary usage of Baudekins
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lives of the Queens of England: From the Norman Conquest by Agnes Strickland (1885)
"Henry III. was the first prince who wore the costly material called baudekins:
arrayed in a garment of this brilliant tissue of gold, he sat upon his throne ..."
2. The Gentleman's Magazine (1842)
"Her attire is regal: the material of her dress is a splendid kind of gold brocade,
in stripes, called baudekins, which was solely appropriated to the royal ..."
3. Costume in England: A History of Dress to the End of the Eighteenth Century by Frederick William Fairholt, Harold Arthur Lee-Dillon Dillon (1885)
"... in the wardrobe-inventory of Edward IV. ; and in that of Henry VIII. (Harl.
MS. 2284) " green baudekins of Venice gold," and " blue, white, green, ..."
4. Specimens of Early English Metrical Romances: To which is Prefixed an by George Ellis (1848)
"... and nesch, and brede, Of brown ale, and win white and rede, Of baudekins, and
purple pall, Of gold and silver, and cendal :* ' Arises. ..."
5. Remains, Historical and Literary, Connected with the Palatine Counties of by Chetham Society (1858)
"... cloth of gold; and 7 pieces of baudekins of silk [a rich and precious silk
stuff introduced into England in the thirteenth century, composed of silk ..."
6. London: Being an Accurate History and Description of the British Metropolis by David Hughson (1807)
"The same monarch, when conferring the honour of knighthood on William de Valence,
was arrayed in a gilded vestment of baudekins *; he wore a coronet, ..."
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