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losangetêteépéecroissant

Approximate rendering

blazon partially parsed (method lenient_en)

Douglas Elphinstone Bethune

family·lenient_en·Fox-Davies (Armorial Families)

Quarterly, 1 and 4, quarterly, i. and iiii., azure, a fesse chequy or and gules, between three lozenges of the second; ii. and iii., argent, on a chevron sable, an otter’s head erased of the first (for Bethune); 2 and 3, azure, guttée-d’eau, a sword argent, hilted or, between four crescents saltireways argent (for Patton); upon the escutcheon is placed a helmet befitting his degree, with a.

Tinctures

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

Charges

chevron (ordinary)
4× croissant (meuble)
écusson (ordinary)
épée (meuble)
fasce (ordinary)
3× losange (meuble)
loutre (meuble)
tête (meuble)
Parsed structure (AST)
{
  "field": {
    "tincture": {
      "name": "azur",
      "category": "colour"
    },
    "partition": "écartelé"
  },
  "charges": [
    {
      "name": "fasce",
      "count": 1,
      "category": "ordinary",
      "modifiers": [
        {
          "verb": "échiqueté",
          "tincture": {
            "name": "or",
            "category": "metal"
          }
        },
        {
          "verb": "échiqueté",
          "tincture": {
            "name": "gueules",
            "category": "colour"
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "losange",
      "count": 3,
      "category": "meuble",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "du second",
        "category": "",
        "reference": "du second"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "chevron",
      "count": 1,
      "category": "ordinary",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "sable",
        "category": "colour"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "tête",
      "count": 1,
      "detail": "loutre",
      "category": "meuble",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "du premier",
        "category": "",
        "reference": "du premier"
      },
      "attitudes": [
        "arraché"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "épée",
      "count": 1,
      "category": "meuble",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "argent",
        "category": "metal"
      },
      "attitudes": [
        "garni"
      ],
      "modifiers": [
        {
          "verb": "garni",
          "tincture": {
            "name": "or",
            "category": "metal"
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "croissant",
      "count": 4,
      "category": "meuble",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "argent",
        "category": "metal"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "écusson",
      "count": 1,
      "category": "ordinary"
    }
  ],
  "is_compound": true
}

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