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Quadripartite:
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Consisting of four parts.
(Wood, Margaret. The English Medieval House, 414)
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Quadripartite Vault:
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Quadrivium:
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Arithmetic, geometry, astronomy and music; the scientific subjects in the seven liberal arts; the three literary subjects were called the Trivium.
(Lynch, Joseph H. The Medieval Church: A Brief History, 364)
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Quare Impedit:
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Writ sent to a bishop who refused to admit a presentee because the benefice was already full.
(Heath, Peter. Church and Realm, 1272-1461, 367)
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Quare Non Admisit:
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Writ penalizing a bishop who had ignored a royal mandate to admit a presentee to a benefice.
(Heath, Peter. Church and Realm, 1272-1461, 367)
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Quarrel:
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A short, heavy, square-headed bolt or arrow.
(Shaw, M.R.B. Joinville & Villehardouin: Chronicles of the Crusades, 357)
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Quarter:
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Unit of volume, eight bushels.
(Gies, Frances and Joseph. Life in a Medieval Village, 245)
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Quatrefoil:
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Four-leaved.
(Wood, Margaret. The English Medieval House, 414)
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Queen-Post:
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Pair of vertical posts standing on the tie-beam and supporting the side-purlins.
(Wood, Margaret. The English Medieval House, 414)
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Questaux:
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Term used in Aquitaine for men of servile status.
(Duby, Georges. Rural Economy and Country Life in the Medieval West, 555)
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Quillons:
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Iron bar forming the crossguard of a sword or dagger.
(Wise, Terence. Medieval Warfare, 250)
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Quintain:
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Dummy with shield mounted on a post, used as a target in tilting.
(Gies, Joseph and Francis. Life in a Medieval Castle, 230)
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Quirk:
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Sharp V-shaped incision in moulding.
(Wood, Margaret. The English Medieval House, 414)
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Quoin:
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Dressed stone at the corner of a building.
(Kenyon, John R. Medieval Fortifications, 211)
Note: coin (French) = angle
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