Bousies (Vertain)

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

Blazon

D'azur à la croix d'argent, au lambel de gueules.

Original entry: cross & label · B AG · Hainaut · 1380

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: Vertain
Identified as: Bousies (Vertain), Fierabras de Vertain, S.Vertain

In medieval armorials

Urfé (1380) no. 2086 “le sire de viertaing, de bousies a lambiau de gueles, et crie bousies”
Urfé (1380) no. 2660 “.f. monseigneur de viertaing, d azur a le croix d argent a lambiau de gueles, et crie bousies”
Bellenville (1386) no. 834 “vertem”
Gelre (1386) no. 1078 “die he' van vertyn” · crest: talon holding roundel tipped with feather plume
Gelre (1386) no. 1493 “die he van verteyn” · crest: gamb holding roundel tipped with tuft of cock feathers
Kuinre in Friesland (1396) no. 19 “le sire de vertain”
Kuinre in Friesland (1396) no. 138 “sire louis de vertain”
Kuinre in Friesland (1396) no. 177 “sire fierebras de vertain”

Tinctures

argent (ordinary)

azur (field)

gueules (charge)

Charges

croix (ordinary)

lambel (meuble)

Parsed structure (AST)

{
  "field": {
    "tincture": {
      "name": "azur",
      "category": "colour"
    }
  },
  "charges": [
    {
      "name": "croix",
      "count": 1,
      "category": "ordinary",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "argent",
        "category": "metal"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "lambel",
      "count": 1,
      "category": "meuble",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "gueules",
        "category": "colour"
      }
    }
  ]
}