Hanap
Large drinking-goblet
"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.
01In 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, edited by Sir 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. In Notes and Queries, contribution 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 ..."
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- Musée historique de Strasbourg-Hanap-1737.jpg by Ji-Elle, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Hanap pelican MNMA Cl1951.jpg by Unknown artistUnknown artist, Public domain
- Verre à pied dit verre de Charlemagne.jpg by JackyM59, CC BY-SA 4.0
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