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Potenstein

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

De gueules à trois barres d'argent.

Original entry: 3 bends sn · G A · courtoisie · Böhmen · 1370

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
Potstejn, Pottenstein

In medieval armorials

  • Bellenville (1386) no. 1653 “potësteyn” · crest: 2 antlers
  • Gelre (1386) no. 143 “dye vn potensteyn” · crest: 2 antlers
  • Coligny (1435) no. 214 “van potensteyn”
  • Bergshammar (1450) no. 2120 “van potenstejn” · crest: 2 antlers
  • Heessel Compendium (1460) no. 214 “van potensteyn”

Tinctures

argent (ordinary)
gueules (field)

Charges

3× barre (ordinary)
Parsed structure (AST)
{
  "field": {
    "tincture": {
      "name": "gueules",
      "category": "colour"
    }
  },
  "charges": [
    {
      "name": "barre",
      "count": 3,
      "category": "ordinary",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "argent",
        "category": "metal"
      }
    }
  ]
}

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