Middle English Dictionary Entry
vīnet n.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | vīnet n.(1) Also venet; pl. vinet(e)s, vinnettis, venettez. |
| Etymology | OF vignete, vignette, vingnet(t)e. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) An architectural decoration resembling the branches, tendrils, etc. of a vine;
(b) a border on the page of a manuscript containing decorative tendrils, leaves, etc. resembling those of a vine; demi ~, usu. a partial border of this kind; hole ~, usu. a full border of this kind [see K. Scott in New Science out of Old Books (1995), ed. Beadle and Piper, pp. 149-50, 158-60].
Associated quotations
a
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.656 : Þe riche kaxenynge, þe lusty tablementis, Vynnettis rennynge in þe casementis…To rekne hem alle I haue…no tyme.
- c1440 PLAlex.(Thrn)64/21-2 : Bitwene þe pelers of golde ware hyngande venettez of golde & syluere, wit leues of golde, And þe brawnchez of this venett ware sum of cristalle…& sum of Onyches, and þay semed as þay hade bene verray vynes.
b
- (1467) Acc.Howard in RC 57419 : Item, the xxviij day of July, my mastyr rekened wyth Thomas Lympnour of Bury, and my master paid hym for viij hole vynetes, prise the vynett xij d.
- (1467) Paston (Gairdner)5.4 : Item, for xxj demi vynets…prise the demi vynett iiij d.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- ?a1425 Cmb.Dd.6.29 Artist.Recipes (Cmb Dd.6.29) 71/31 : Ȝif þou wolt haue þi vinet schine, ouergo hit wyþ olde gleyre wiþ a pensel.
- ?c1500 Hrl.2252 Artist.Recipes (Hrl 2252) 73/19 : Fyrste thow shalte haue a plumbet of leade and drawe thy letters, and after þi wynnettes.
- a1500 Add.21431 Artist.Recipes (Add 21431) 327/6 : Forto lympne. Fyrst þu shalt with a plomet trace þi letters and þi vanytis.
Note: Additional quotes, sense (b).
Note: New spellings (with a & with w).