- years. The
first recorded excavations –
carried out by
Harold Picton and W.
Bezant Lowe – were
begun in 1906,
before a
delay caused them to
briefly abandon...
- peacefully, and that
Saladin would free
seven thousand men for 30,000
bezants; two
women or ten
children would be
permitted to take the
place of one...
- the
French besant (d'or),
Italian bisante, and
English besant, byzant, or
bezant. The
English usage,
derived from Old
French besan (pl. besanz), and relating...
-
blazoned by its tincture, e.g., a
roundel or, it is more
often described as a
bezant, from the Old
French term
besant for a gold coin,
which itself is named...
- of the Yuan Empire. His
descriptions were
based on the
conversion of 1
bezant = 20
groats = 133+1⁄3 tornesel. It was
after the
French silver coin had...
-
rivals and
unify Dorne into one prin****lity.
Their marriage would also
see the
Martells take up
Rhoynish customs in
place of
Andal ones, with much of...
- a shakefork—Azure, a
shakefork argent supporting in the
middle chief a
bezant,
within an
annulet enwreathed,
ensigned of a
naval crown or, the
sails argent...
- by the
surrender of
Damietta and his army by the
payment of a
million bezants (later
reduced to 800,000).
Latin patriarch Robert of
Nantes went under...
- In Cornwall, the
banner is the arms of the Duke of Cornwall: "Sable 15
bezants Or", that is, a
black field bearing 15 gold coins. In Canada, a personal...
- from Old Fr.
boivre [to drink],
compare modern Fr. Wikt:breuvage) bevy
bezant bezel bezique bias
bibelot bibliophile bice (short form of Fr. bleu bis...
