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lettremolettelionmerletteépée

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MERLE

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l'Empire par décret du 15 août 1810 et lettres patentes du 2 août 1811 et du 15 juin 1813). D''azur au chevron d'or, accompagné en chef de deux molettes et en pointe d'un lion, le tout d'argent. Au comble d'or chargé de trois merlettes d'azur et au franc-quartier brochant de gueules chargé d'une épée haute d'argent

Tinctures

argent (charge)
azur (charge)
azur (field)
gueules (ordinary)
or (charge)
or (ordinary)

Charges

chevron (ordinary)
comble (meuble)
épée (meuble)
franc-quartier (ordinary)
20× lettre (meuble)
lion (meuble)
merlette (meuble)
molette (meuble)
Parsed structure (AST)
{
  "field": {
    "tincture": {
      "name": "azur",
      "category": "colour"
    }
  },
  "charges": [
    {
      "name": "lettre",
      "count": 20,
      "category": "meuble",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "argent",
        "category": "metal"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "chevron",
      "count": 1,
      "category": "ordinary",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "or",
        "category": "metal"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "molette",
      "count": 2,
      "category": "meuble",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "argent",
        "category": "metal"
      },
      "attitudes": [
        "en chef"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "lion",
      "count": 1,
      "category": "meuble",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "argent",
        "category": "metal"
      },
      "attitudes": [
        "en pointe"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "comble",
      "count": 1,
      "category": "meuble",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "or",
        "category": "metal"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "merlette",
      "count": 3,
      "category": "meuble",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "azur",
        "category": "colour"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "franc-quartier",
      "count": 1,
      "category": "ordinary",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "gueules",
        "category": "colour"
      },
      "modifiers": [
        {
          "verb": "chargé",
          "tincture": {
            "name": "argent",
            "category": "metal"
          },
          "attitudes": [
            "haute"
          ],
          "charge_name": "épée"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}
Source : rolland

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