Mecheln

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

Blazon

Palé d'or et de gueules.

Original entry: paly · O G · Brabant · 1420

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

Also called: Malines, Malines (town), Mechelen (town)
Identified as: Mecheln

In medieval armorials

Richental Chronik (1420) no. 1152 “mächel”

Tinctures

gueules (field)

or (field)

Charges

Parsed structure (AST)

{
  "field": {
    "tincture": {
      "name": "or",
      "category": "metal"
    },
    "partition": "palé",
    "sub_fields": [
      {
        "tincture": {
          "name": "or",
          "category": "metal"
        }
      },
      {
        "tincture": {
          "name": "gueules",
          "category": "colour"
        }
      }
    ]
  },
  "is_compound": true
}