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tourteaulivretête

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blazon partially parsed (method lenient_en)

Balfour

family·GB·lenient_en·Fox-Davies (Armorial Families)

Ermine, on a chevron sable, between two torteaux in chief and in base an open book proper, an otter’s head erased argent.

Tinctures

argent (charge)
au naturel (charge)
hermine (field)
sable (ordinary)

Charges

chevron (ordinary)
livre (meuble)
loutre (meuble)
tête (meuble)
2× tourteau (meuble)
Parsed structure (AST)
{
  "field": {
    "tincture": {
      "name": "hermine",
      "category": "fur"
    }
  },
  "charges": [
    {
      "name": "chevron",
      "count": 1,
      "category": "ordinary",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "sable",
        "category": "colour"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "tourteau",
      "count": 2,
      "category": "meuble",
      "attitudes": [
        "en chef"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "livre",
      "count": 1,
      "category": "meuble",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "au naturel",
        "category": ""
      },
      "attitudes": [
        "en pointe"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "tête",
      "count": 1,
      "detail": "loutre",
      "category": "meuble",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "argent",
        "category": "metal"
      },
      "attitudes": [
        "arraché"
      ]
    }
  ]
}

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