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Drawn from the blazon

épéeserpentmerlette

Approximate rendering

blazon partially parsed (method lenient_en)

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family·lenient_en·Burke (General Armory)

Blazon

Gules a sword in pale argent hilt and pommel or, in base a serpent nowed vert, on a chief of the third three martlets sable

Tinctures

argent (charge)
gueules (field)
or (charge)
or (ordinary)
sable (charge)
sinople (charge)

Charges

chef (ordinary)
épée (meuble)
merlette (meuble)
serpent (meuble)
Parsed structure (AST)
{
  "field": {
    "tincture": {
      "name": "gueules",
      "category": "colour"
    }
  },
  "charges": [
    {
      "name": "épée",
      "count": 1,
      "category": "meuble",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "argent",
        "category": "metal"
      },
      "attitudes": [
        "en pal",
        "garnie"
      ],
      "modifiers": [
        {
          "verb": "garnie",
          "tincture": {
            "name": "or",
            "category": "metal"
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "serpent",
      "count": 1,
      "category": "meuble",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "sinople",
        "category": "colour"
      },
      "attitudes": [
        "en pointe"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "chef",
      "count": 1,
      "category": "ordinary",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "du troisième",
        "category": "",
        "reference": "du troisième"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "merlette",
      "count": 3,
      "category": "meuble",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "sable",
        "category": "colour"
      }
    }
  ]
}

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