ANGEL
Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume
V02,
Page 6
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
ANGEL
, a See also:gold See also:coin, first used in See also:France (angelot, ange) in 1340, and introduced into See also:England by See also:Edward IV. in 1465 as a new issue of the " See also:noble," and so at first called the " angel-noble." It varied in value between that See also:period and the See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time of See also:Charles I
.
(when it was last coined) from 6s
.
8d. to 1os
.
The name was derived from the See also:representation it See also:bore of St See also:Michael and the See also:dragon
.
The angel was the coin given to those who came to be touched for the disease known as See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king's evil; after it was no longer coined, medals, called See also:touch-pieces, with the same See also:device, were given instead
.
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