Alphen (Cralingen)

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Blazon

D'argent à l'étoile de 8 rais de sable.

Original entry: star of 8 pt · A S · Holland · 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

Also called: Cralingen
Identified as: Alphen (Cralingen), Cralingen S.Alphen-an-den-Rijn

In medieval armorials

Le Blancq (1380) no. 2542 “le seigneur de alfen”
Bellenville (1386) no. 823 “alfen”
Gelre (1386) no. 1121 “deric van alphen”
Kuinre in Friesland (1396) no. 320 “sire hubinet ...”
Toison d'Or & l'Europe (1440) no. 248 “alpehen”
Bergshammar (1450) no. 1526 “alphen”
Lyncenich (1450) no. 2497 “cralinghen”
Lyncenich (1450) no. 2554 “alphen”

Tinctures

argent (field)

sable (charge)

Charges

étoile (meuble)

Parsed structure (AST)

{
  "field": {
    "tincture": {
      "name": "argent",
      "category": "metal"
    }
  },
  "charges": [
    {
      "name": "étoile",
      "count": 1,
      "category": "meuble",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "sable",
        "category": "colour"
      },
      "attitudes": [
        "à huit rais"
      ]
    }
  ]
}