At 17:08 05/02/2006, you wrote:
In my translation anyway it says...
Clause 35. Let there be one measure......, and one width of cloth
whether dyed, russet or halberjet, namely two ells within the selvedges.
Dyed I understand.
Russet? Somehow I don't think this refers to red cloth.
And does anyone know what halberjet is?
These are the only definitions I got when I googled.
Russet- a coarse, home-spun cloth much used by the peasantry.
And for livery in Tudor times
Halberjet- probably a superior type of cloth.
Sorry, this one passes me by.
Ell- a standard measure of length said to have been based on the
length of the right arm of king Henry 1.
An ell is (AFAIK) a yard and a quarter, that is 45". (I think there
is something in Shakespeare about it, possibly in "Comedy of Errors",
but memory fades with my hair)! (2 ells = 90" - that's a very wide
width of cloth?)
Annette M
Suzi
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