Meaning of ciclatoun | Babel Free

Definitions

A costly cloth, of uncertain material, used in the Middle Ages.

countable, uncountable

Examples

“There were but two complete suits—the best, of green and blue ciclatouns, with orphreys of ray velvet; another of blue ciclatouns and plunket.”

“The mantle was of ciclatoun lined with ermine and edged with sable.”

“On September 5, 1082, Gonzalo Salvadorez bade farewell to the monastery of Oña, and, as was the custom of all who were about to set out for war, made his will. “[…] If I be slain by the Moors, I commend my soul to God and my mortal remains to Oña, to whose altar I bequeath 1,600 maravedis, three of my best horses, two mules, my clothing with two robes of ciclatoun and three purple cloaks, and also two silver goblets. […]”[…]Among the knights who appear at the King’s Court magnificently arrayed in coloured robes and fur cloaks, the Campeador, “he of the great beard”, is an outstanding figure, and his dress is described in detail: hose of good material; elaborate shoes; a shirt of the finest linen, embroidered in gold and silver at the neck and cuffs; a rich tunic of ciclatoun, interwoven with gold; and, over this, the garment that specially distinguished him, a red pelisse with gold borders; then, over all, his priceless mantle. There is nothing Oriental about this dress. Although the costly, gold-woven cloth called ciclatoun would come generally from the East, the material was in use throughout Europe.”

“He wore rare, fine clothes of ciclatoun of quite unusual splendour.[…]Over its outer surface lay a net of tiny pearls, its meshes a hand’s breadth apart, through which the ciclatoun burned like glowing embers.”

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