Esch

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

Blazon

Vairé d'or et d'azur, au chef de gueules chargé d'un lion issant d'argent.

Original entry: vairy & chief ch. lion isst · X GA OB · miscoloured in the armorial · Trier · 1499

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: Udenesch
Identified as: von Esch

In medieval armorials

Rugen (Jörg) (1499) no. 1461 “die von esch” · crest: 2 peacock plumes

Tinctures

argent (charge)

azur (field)

gueules (ordinary)

or (field)

Charges

chef (ordinary)

lion (meuble)

Parsed structure (AST)

{
  "field": {
    "tincture": {
      "name": "or",
      "category": "metal"
    },
    "partition": "vairé",
    "sub_fields": [
      {
        "tincture": {
          "name": "or",
          "category": "metal"
        }
      },
      {
        "tincture": {
          "name": "azur",
          "category": "colour"
        }
      }
    ]
  },
  "charges": [
    {
      "name": "chef",
      "count": 1,
      "category": "ordinary",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "gueules",
        "category": "colour"
      },
      "modifiers": [
        {
          "verb": "chargé",
          "tincture": {
            "name": "argent",
            "category": "metal"
          },
          "attitudes": [
            "issant"
          ],
          "charge_name": "lion"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "is_compound": true
}