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lion

Fully parsed

Pfirt

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

De sable au lion couronné d'argent.

Original entry: lion cr. · S A · Alsace · 1345

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
Ferrette
Identified as
von Pfirt

In medieval armorials

  • Zürich (1345) no. 471 “vo' phirt” · crest: bust of man
  • Grünenberg (1483) no. 1792 “von pfirt” · crest: bust of man
  • Miltenberg (1490) no. 1101 “pfyrt” · crest: bust of man
  • Herold WK (1570), fol. 153n
  • Herold WK (1570), fol. 323n

Tinctures

argent (charge)
sable (field)

Charges

lion (meuble)
Parsed structure (AST)
{
  "field": {
    "tincture": {
      "name": "sable",
      "category": "colour"
    }
  },
  "charges": [
    {
      "name": "lion",
      "count": 1,
      "category": "meuble",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "argent",
        "category": "metal"
      },
      "attitudes": [
        "couronné"
      ]
    }
  ]
}

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