identifiction

Is that some kind of fancy post modern term? (ie, if we don't know what 
an object is we make something up)

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From: Barbara Hickman <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wed, 17 Aug 2005 13:54:01 -0500
Subject: Re: mystery object: "Pair of Shillards"

  Having been brought up on medieval latin documents I know....
Those must have been chewy. Vellum, anyone? BJH

>>> [log in to unmask] 17 August, 2005 12:31 PM >>>
A search on the web under stilyard or a stillyard shows this
identification is almost certainly right and that identifiction of its
variants in inventories has been a recurring question. Having been
brought up on medieval latin documents I know that one of the chief
skills in searching dictionaries for arcahaic words is guessing likely
variant spellings.


paul