单词 | mouton d'or |
释义 | > as lemmasmouton d'or 1. A French gold coin (also called agnel), weighing 4.68 grams and bearing the figure of the Lamb of God, first issued by Philip IV of France (reigned 1285–1314), and current into the 15th cent. Also: a similar coin issued by the English in their French possessions and by local rulers in the Low Countries. Also more fully mouton d'or. Now historical.The ‘mouton’ issued by Edward III and Henry V for use in the English possessions in France is said to have had the value of five shillings sterling. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > foreign coins > [noun] > French coins > gold mouton1357 francc1405 rial1420 salute145. lew1467 royala1513 angelot1515 sanchet1643 louis1689 louis d'or1689 pavilion1757 Napoleon1814 double Napoleon1816 nap1820 leopard- 1357 in M. T. Löfvenberg Contrib. Middle Eng. Lexicogr. & Etymol. (1946) 65 (MED) [80000 florins called] motons. 1370 in A. H. Thomas Cal. Plea & Mem. Rolls London Guildhall (1929) II. 121 (MED) [To his damage 500] motons dor. c1400 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Trin. Cambr. R.3.14) (1960) A. iii. 23 Mede..merciede hem alle..Þe leste man of here mayne a mutoun [c1400 B text motoun; c1400 C text moton] of gold. c1450 (?c1400) Three Kings Cologne (Cambr. Ee.4.32) (1886) 100 (MED) Men clepe in þis contrey gold of biȝende þe see, Scutys, Motouns, or floryns. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. cxii A Moton is a Coyne vsed in Fraunce and Brytaygne, And is of value after the rate of sterlynge money vpon v.s. or theraboute. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. clxxi. 208 These thre estates [sc. in France, 1356] made newe money to be forged of fyne gold, called moutons. 1562 G. Legh Accedens of Armory 229 Certeyne skinnes, of this beast [sc. the Panther], whiche were valued, at 5000 mottons of gold. 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth vi, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. I. 142 My father..will pay you gallantly—a French mutton for every hide I have spoiled. 1894 S. Lane-Poole Coins & Medals 111 The gold coins of Edw. III. were the guiennois..and mouton (Paschal Lamb). 1894 S. Lane-Poole Coins & Medals 112 Henry V. struck in gold moutons and demi-moutons. 1962 R. A. G. Carson Coins 271 In Gelderland the French mouton d'or with its type of the Paschal lamb with pennant was imitated by Edward (1359–71), from 1360 with the title of Duke of Gelderland. 1962 R. A. G. Carson Coins 600 (list of illustrations) Anglo-Gallic; Henry V,..mouton, c1420. < as lemmas |
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