Talk:scutum

RFV discussion: December 2018–February 2019

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scutum

Rfv-sense "(obsolete) A penthouse or awning." Per utramque cavernam 13:04, 27 December 2018 (UTC)

Presumably from Century, which has it used in "old law" (no idea what that means). DTLHS (talk) 00:52, 28 December 2018 (UTC)

Burrill's New Law Dictionary and Glossary has a bit more detail, saying that the 1197 Assize of Measures of Richard I of England made it "forbidden to all merchants throughout England to spread over their shop windows red or black cloths or awnings (scuta,) or any other things by which the sight of purchasers is often deceived in selecting a good cloth." (This Magna Carta book also says "Merchants were prohibited from darkening their windows by hanging up, to quote the quaint language of the ordinance, 'cloth whether red or black, or shields (scuta) so as to deceive the sight of buyers seeking to choose good cloth.'") From this, and from its absence from the Middle English Dictionary, I get the impression that a scutum may have only ever referred to an awning in British Latin of the Middle English time period, but not in English. - -sche (discuss) 03:44, 5 January 2019 (UTC)

RFV-failed Kiwima (talk) 22:31, 2 February 2019 (UTC)