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Diegem

family·NL·strict·Clemmensen (Ordinary of Medieval Armorials)

De sinople au chef d'argent.

Original entry: chief · V A · Brabant · 1440

Blazon written automatically by Enquerre from the coded entry of Steen Clemmensen’s public database, Ordinary of Medieval Armorials (v2.1, 2020), used with the author’s permission. armorial.dk

Other names

Identified as
Diegem

In medieval armorials

  • Le Blancq (1380) no. 2188 “le seigneur d inghegem”
  • Urfé (1380) no. 2176 “celui d anghien, de sinoble ou chief d argent”
  • Gelre (1386) no. 11671 · crest: 2 poleyns
  • Lalaing (1420) no. 101 “dieghem” · crest: ibex's head ch. arms
  • Sicile (1425) no. 396 “le sieur d inquenghen, de sinople au chef d argent”
  • Lyncenich (1450) no. 1301 “<walle van d / diegem campchont>”

Tinctures

argent (ordinary)
sinople (field)

Charges

chef (ordinary)
Parsed structure (AST)
{
  "field": {
    "tincture": {
      "name": "sinople",
      "category": "colour"
    }
  },
  "charges": [
    {
      "name": "chef",
      "count": 1,
      "category": "ordinary",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "argent",
        "category": "metal"
      }
    }
  ]
}

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