Hanap

"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. by Montague Howard :
"hanap or Standing Cup 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. by Great Britain Privy Council, edited by Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas, Great Britain Record Commission, England and Wales Privy Council :
"Item un autre hanap dargent par tout... It j. autre hanap dargent playne ove j. tayle entour le..."
3. In Notes and Queries, contribution by Martim de Albuquerque :
"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

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