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léopardépéeserpentcroissantsceptresoleillionépéecouronne

Approximate rendering

blazon partially parsed (method lenient_en)

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Blazon

Argent alion rampant guardant sable grasping in the dexter paw a sword pommel and hilt or, the blade entwined by a serpent proper between three crescents gules; and as an honourable augmentation (granted by King GEoreE IV., 23 March 1822), a chief embattled vert, thereon a representation of the sceptre of the King of Kandy or, and the banner of the.said king, being gules, within a bordure, with a ray of the sun issuing from each angle, a lion passant gold, holding a sword proper, in saltire, the whole ensigned with a representation of the crown of the Kingdom of Kandy, also proper

Tinctures

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

Charges

bordure (ordinary)
chef (ordinary)
couronne (meuble)
croissant (meuble)
épée (meuble)
léopard (meuble)
lion (meuble)
sceptre (meuble)
serpent (meuble)
soleil (meuble)
Parsed structure (AST)
{
  "field": {
    "tincture": {
      "name": "argent",
      "category": "metal"
    }
  },
  "charges": [
    {
      "name": "léopard",
      "count": 1,
      "category": "meuble",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "sable",
        "category": "colour"
      },
      "attitudes": [
        "lionné"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "épée",
      "count": 1,
      "category": "meuble",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "or",
        "category": "metal"
      },
      "attitudes": [
        "garnie"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "serpent",
      "count": 1,
      "category": "meuble",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "au naturel",
        "category": ""
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "croissant",
      "count": 3,
      "category": "meuble",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "gueules",
        "category": "colour"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "chef",
      "count": 1,
      "category": "ordinary",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "sinople",
        "category": "colour"
      },
      "attitudes": [
        "crénelé"
      ],
      "modifiers": [
        {
          "verb": "crénelé",
          "tincture": {
            "name": "sinople",
            "category": "colour"
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "sceptre",
      "count": 1,
      "category": "meuble"
    },
    {
      "name": "bordure",
      "count": 1,
      "category": "ordinary"
    },
    {
      "name": "soleil",
      "count": 1,
      "category": "meuble"
    },
    {
      "name": "lion",
      "count": 1,
      "category": "meuble",
      "attitudes": [
        "passant"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "épée",
      "count": 1,
      "category": "meuble",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "au naturel",
        "category": ""
      },
      "attitudes": [
        "en sautoir"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "couronne",
      "count": 1,
      "category": "meuble"
    }
  ]
}

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