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A hanap is an obsolete, Norman-French term for a large drinking goblet, made of precious material such as gold or silver, and used especially on state occasions. In Literature 1. Old London Silver, Its History, Its Makers and Its Marks by Montague Howard (1903) "hanap or Standing Cup (1616) Height, 25 inches At St. John's College, Cambridge A radical departure was made in the form of the standing cup of the second ..." 2. Proceedings and Ordinances of the Privy Council of England by Great Britain Privy Council, Harris Nicolas, Great Britain, Nicholas Harris Nicolas, Great Britain Record Commission, England and Wales Privy Council (1834) "Item un autre hanap dargent par tout ... It j. autre hanap dargent playne ove j. tayle entour le ..." 3. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1850) "The hanap frequently occurs in wills and inventories of the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth centuries. In the will of Lady Clare, 1355*,— "Je devise a ..." Resources * http://www.lex ...
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Hanaper
Hanaper, properly a case or basket to contain a " hanap" ( O. Eng. ''kneels'': cf. Dutch ''nap''), a drinking vessel, a goblet with a foot or stem; the term which is still used by antiquaries for medieval stemmed cups. The famous Royal Gold Cup in the British Museum is called a "hanap" in the inventory of Charles VI of France of 1391. The word "hanaper" ( Med. Lat. ''hanaperium'') was used particularly in the English chancery of a wicker basket in which were kept writs and other documents. From "hanaper" is derived the modern "hamper," a wicker or rush basket used for carrying game, fish, wine, etc. The verb " to hamper," to entangle, obstruct, hinder, especially used of disturbing the mechanism of a lock or other fastening so as to prevent its proper working, is of doubtful origin. It is probably connected with a root seen in the Icel. ''hemja'', to restrain, and Ger. ''hemmen'', to clog. For another usage, see Alienation Office. Clerk of the Hanaper Clerk of the Hanaper ...
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A hanap is an obsolete, Norman-French term for a large drinking goblet, made of precious material such as gold or silver, and used especially on state occasions. In Literature 1. Old London Silver, Its History, Its Makers and Its Marks by Montague Howard (1903) "hanap or Standing Cup (1616) Height, 25 inches At St. John's College, Cambridge A radical departure was made in the form of the standing cup of the second ..." 2. Proceedings and Ordinances of the Privy Council of England by Great Britain Privy Council, Harris Nicolas, Great Britain, Nicholas Harris Nicolas, Great Britain Record Commission, England and Wales Privy Council (1834) "Item un autre hanap dargent par tout ... It j. autre hanap dargent playne ove j. tayle entour le ..." 3. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1850) "The hanap frequently occurs in wills and inventories of the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth centuries. In the will of Lady Clare, 1355*,— "Je devise a ..." Resources * http://www.lex ...
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