FIT 2 Flashcards
(48 cards)
Yuletide
Christmas season
Zephyrus
The west wind personified
Michaelmas
The feast of St. Micheal
All Saints Day
Festival commemorating all saints
Lancelot
The most famous of the knights of the round table
Greave
shin armor
Cuisse
Thigh armor
Caprison
A decorative harness saddle for a horse
Casque
Knights helmet
Pentangle
A five pointed star, an “Endless Knot” that can be drawn continuously without removing pen from paper. Five points represent five virtues of the night
Baldric
A belt worn over the shoulder to support a sword
Troth
Faithfulness
Five Wits
(RIFEM- Re-imagine fictitious estimations mirrored) Reason, Imagination, Fantasy, estimation, and memory
Five Fingers
These are the outward wits, literally the five sense (Sight, sound, taste, smell, touch)
Five Wounds
In christian tradition the five wounds Christ suffered during crucifiction- Two through piercing of his hands, two through the piercing of his feet, and one through the piercing of his side
Five Pure Joys
Annunciation, Nativity, Resurrection, Ascension, Assumption ANRAA (All not real and affable)
Fifth Five
The pure five virtues
Fane
Church
Evensong
evening prayers
Beldame
An old woman
St. John’s Day
The feast day of St. John, celebrated on December 27
Castellan
The governor or constable of a castle
Logres
The name of King Arthur’s realm in Britain
Vernal
In spring