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urcele (s.xiii3/4)

The form ulcel is a cross reference to the following entry:

urcele (s.xiii3/4)

orsele;  urcel  (ulcel (l. urcel?))  
  FEW:  urceolus 14,60b Gdf:  orcel 5,615a / orcele 5,615b / orçuel 5,615c GdfC: TL: orcel 6,1185 / orcele 6,1185 / orçuel 6,1185 DEAF:  orcel  / orcel (orcele)  DMF:  orcel  / orcelle  / orçuel  TLF: OED:  urcelle n.  MED: DMLBS:  urceolus 3563a

Whereas the manuscript of the Bedford Inventories attestation clearly reads orseles (and the editor translates ‘branches and vases of gold’), this may be a scribal copying error for the word oiseles, so that the chapelle (i.e. 'cap') has images of ‘branches and birds’.

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domesticimplement(small) jug, pitcher
( s.xiii3/4; MS: s.xiii3/4 ) labrum, gallice urcel, vel luter  Dictionnaire hébreu 123.45
( s.xivin; MS: c.1330 )  Largesce se byngne en petit urcele E Chynchesce se baynne en large paele  BOZ Serm 54.41
eccl.implement cruet, small vessel to hold holy water or water and wine for the Eucharist
( 1307-08 )  pour un ulcel (l. urcel?) a eau benoite 84 l. 8s. 6d.  Isabella Inventory 519
( MS: c.1335 ) Comaunda Dieu qe les riche vestimentz, le arche de le seintuayre, urcels, chaundelabres, basyns, lavours [...] y furent myses  Harley Complete iii 48.496
decor.representation of a (small) jug, pitcher
( 1433 )  Item, une chappelle de velvau vermeil, broudé d'ymages, semee de branches et d'orseles d'or  Bedford Inventories 185.B9

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