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besant

Fully parsed

Langres (Poitiers, bastard)

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

D'azur à la bande d'or accompagnée de six besants d'argent, au chef d'or.

Original entry: bend betw 6 roundels & chief · B OAO · Champagne · 1380

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
Guillaume de Langres

In medieval armorials

  • Urfé (1380) no. 1213 “messire guillaume de lengres le bastard, d asur a vj vastiaux d argent ou chief d or a ung baston de mesmes”
  • Prinsault (1470) no. 267 “monseigneur wuilleme de lengres le bastard, dazur a six wasteaulx dargent au chief dor, a ung baston dor.”

Tinctures

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

Charges

bande (ordinary)
6× besant (meuble)
chef (ordinary)
Parsed structure (AST)
{
  "field": {
    "tincture": {
      "name": "azur",
      "category": "colour"
    }
  },
  "charges": [
    {
      "name": "bande",
      "count": 1,
      "category": "ordinary",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "or",
        "category": "metal"
      },
      "modifiers": [
        {
          "verb": "accompagnée",
          "count": 6,
          "tincture": {
            "name": "argent",
            "category": "metal"
          },
          "charge_name": "besant"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "chef",
      "count": 1,
      "category": "ordinary",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "or",
        "category": "metal"
      }
    }
  ]
}

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