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A tabard was the inn sign of the Tabard Inn in Southwark, London, established in 1307 and remembered as the starting point for Geoffrey Chaucer's pilgrims on their journey to Canterbury in The Canterbury Tales, dating from about the 1380s.
Maurice Tabard (July 12, 1897 – February 23, 1984) [1] was a French photographer. Tabard was one of the leading photographers of the Surrealist movement, which he entered under the influence of his friend, American photographer Man Ray .
A tabard is a short coat which was a common item of men's clothing in the Middle Ages, and which has survived to the present day as the distinctive garment of officers of arms. Tabard may also refer to: HMS Tabard, a British submarine; Tabard, British English for a cobbler apron; Tabard Gardens, a park in Southwark, London, located on Tabard Street
Herald Gelre of the Duke of Gueldres (around 1380) Bavarian herald Jörg Rugen wearing a tabard of the Coat of arms of Bavaria, around 1510. A 14th-century illustration showing an English herald approaching Scottish soldiers – an incident of the Anglo-Scottish Wars Tabard worn by an English herald in the College of Arms [nb 1]
The Tabard Inn Library was a circulating subscription library with numerous exchange stations (also known as sub-stations [2]) across the United States. It was founded in March 1902 [ 3 ] by Seymour Eaton . [ 4 ]
Tabard Gardens is a small park in Southwark, London. It is located on Tabard Street [9] (itself named after the former Tabard public house) and gives its name to the surrounding Tabard Gardens Estate. [10] The park was created as part of a slum clearance programme by the London County Council [11] and opened in 1929. [4]
The tabard was publicly unveiled in May 2012, during an opening of an exhibit by Governor General David Johnston. [13] The tabard weighs 2 kilograms (4.4 lb) and is coloured in royal blue, a colour emblematic of the governor general. The tabard is made up of four sections that include several symbols.
The Tabard was an inn in Southwark established in 1307, which stood on the east side of Borough High Street, at the road's intersection with the ancient thoroughfare to Canterbury and Dover. It was built for the Abbot of Hyde in Winchester , who purchased the land to construct a place for himself and his ecclesiastical brethren to stay when on ...