byzant

“Away, seek them out instantly — and hark thee, if a byzant or two will sharpen their memory, let them not be wanting.”

Ivanhoe 2004

Durham; and the King offered the byzant, or wedge of gold, in a purse, for the benefit of the poor, and the royal family all made offerings.

Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries William Francis Dawson

De byzant. rerum scriptoribus (1677), 418-60; Oudin, Comment. de script. eccles.,

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913

` ` Away, seek them out instantly --- and hark thee, if a byzant or two will sharpen their memory, let them not be wanting. ''

Ivanhoe 1892

Norman; and, as they parted at the postern door, he thrust into Cedric's reluctant hand a gold byzant, adding, ` ` Remember, I will fly off both cowl and skin, if thou failest in thy purpose. ''

Ivanhoe 1892

This naive offer, made without the hope of recompense, though a byzant would not have paid for the special grace of this speech; and the modesty of the gesture with which the poor girl turned to him gained the heart of the jeweller, who would have liked to be able to put this bondswoman into the skin of a queen, and Paris at her feet.

Droll Stories — Volume 3 Honor�� de Balzac 1824

This naive offer, made without the hope of recompense, though a byzant would not have paid for the special grace of this speech; and the modesty of the gesture with which the poor girl turned to him gained the heart of the jeweller, who would have liked to be able to put this bondswoman into the skin of a queen, and Paris at her feet.

Droll Stories — Complete Collected from the Abbeys of Touraine Honor�� de Balzac 1824

"Something in hand the whilst," continued the Norman; and, as they parted at the postern door, he thrust into Cedric's reluctant hand a gold byzant, adding, "Remember, I will fly off both cowl and skin, if thou failest in thy purpose."

Ivanhoe. A Romance 1819

"Away, seek them out instantly -- - and hark thee, if a byzant or two will sharpen their memory, let them not be wanting."

Ivanhoe. A Romance 1819

"Something in hand the whilst," continued the Norman; and, as they parted at the postern door, he thrust into Cedric's reluctant hand a gold byzant, adding, "Remember, I will fly off both cowl and skin, if thou failest in thy purpose."

Ivanhoe Walter Scott 1801