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Gymnich

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

D'argent à la croix engrêlée de gueules.

Original entry: cross engrailed · A G · Luxembourg · 1386

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
Gymnich, Jan van Gymnich

In medieval armorials

  • Le Blancq (1380) no. 2248 “le seigneur de gimmenich”
  • Bellenville (1386) no. 724 “ghymenich”
  • Gelre (1386) no. 1558 “die van gymmenych” · crest: 2 bull's horns garnished with roundels
  • Lutzelbourg (Nicolas de) (1440) no. 1591, fol. 111r1 “hevenzin”
  • Clémery (1450) no. 589, fol. 55r1 “hevenzin”
  • Lyncenich (1450) no. 1356, fol. 89v1 “jâ vâ ynghennich”
  • Lyncenich (1450) no. 1806
  • Lyncenich (1450) no. 2729 “jâ vâ ghymie / nich ridder” · crest: duck tipped with feather plume

Tinctures

argent (field)
gueules (ordinary)

Charges

croix (ordinary)
Parsed structure (AST)
{
  "field": {
    "tincture": {
      "name": "argent",
      "category": "metal"
    }
  },
  "charges": [
    {
      "name": "croix",
      "count": 1,
      "category": "ordinary",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "gueules",
        "category": "colour"
      },
      "attitudes": [
        "engrêlée"
      ]
    }
  ]
}

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