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tenaille

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Harskircher

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

D'argent à la tenaille de gueules en bande.

Original entry: pincers in bend · A G · Bayern · 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

Identified as
Harskircher

In medieval armorials

  • Gelre (1386) no. 211 “der harskirker” · crest: pincers tipped with 2 crowns and plumes
  • Bergshammar (1450) no. 3072 “der hars kirker” · crest: pincers tipped with 2 crowns and plumes
  • St. Gallen Haggenberg (1488) no. 899 “harsskircher” · crest: pincers tipped with 2 crowns and plumes

Tinctures

argent (field)
gueules (charge)

Charges

tenaille (meuble)
Parsed structure (AST)
{
  "field": {
    "tincture": {
      "name": "argent",
      "category": "metal"
    }
  },
  "charges": [
    {
      "name": "tenaille",
      "count": 1,
      "category": "meuble",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "gueules",
        "category": "colour"
      },
      "attitudes": [
        "en bande"
      ]
    }
  ]
}

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