many of the heroes of $§§. French wars, ^hjv! patron, of? the order was Ilf
George, as being also the patron of- England.'? In another part of the^ilresent
work, we have* an illumination representing^the principal sovereigns ofÜpS<^e,
as Knights of-the Garter, bowing bpforethe hltar of that saint.
The a accompanying plate' represents ‘ tbe*: dress "of a Knight of ..the -Marter
about the time of Edward IV* or Richard III., and is taken from a^&per
manuscript of that datèjiiï thfe’pöss^ss|ón; of Thomas Williment, Esq. This
manuscript appears to have been ^written; in England, for a Pole or^Russian,
and ,on one ofitits leaves is the, inscription Yïncislai et amièorum: it contains a
treatise on heraldry, and a copy ’of that set of^lhe statutësl of imm order Krach
stands as second among those printed, in the Appendix to ._^sbHole’^large
work on this - subj ect* Saice .the first foundation of||3m ordqr^ various» slight
alterations-have (be.en made in the costume; in tKegfirst instance it8ffi|§isted
of a mantle of WGtqlfeh,. doth: (the staple manufactured qf country), ofraHue
ground, lined with scarlet cloth; the garters of blue doth: or-silkf enf^Sieref]
with gold, having on, them the motto-nf the order in letters of -gold&ad pie
buckles, bars, and pendants of silver gilt^bf.41, sufcoat, also of wqollen^Kth,
narrower and shorter than the mantle, and fastenedtfb.. -the bodv.'Bv’ a^J f sIdle.
the colour to be changed every year; and of a Hqod made- ofiffie'sam^^Wérials
as the surcoah
The iidtial letter on .the preceding page is taken from" "a-Jin jr ear^^m nrc d
edition of the Commentary of Thomas dlAquinas dtp the Góspeb; t t ‘>3^|jardly
necessary to say that the. figB®e, within the [letter, represents, one of Bit:
Evangelists..
The wööcbcut below^ represents a ease for a.book^of leather, n 11
century, purchased at Venice by the Honourable Robert' Curzon^-jiimmx^i