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lion

Fully parsed

Rous

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

Parti d'azur et de gueules, à trois lions d'hermine brochant sur le tout.

Original entry: per pale & 3 lions · X E BG · Gloucestershire · 1312

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

In medieval armorials

  • Collins (1295) no. 215 “richard rous”
  • Parliamentary (1312) no. 907 “sr john rous”
  • Jenyns' Book (Thomas) (1410) no. 79 “monsr geffray le rous partie d'azure & de goules a trois leonceaux rampantz d'ermyne”

Tinctures

azur (field)
gueules (field)
hermine (charge)

Charges

3× lion (meuble)
Parsed structure (AST)
{
  "field": {
    "tincture": {
      "name": "azur",
      "category": "colour"
    },
    "partition": "parti",
    "sub_fields": [
      {
        "tincture": {
          "name": "azur",
          "category": "colour"
        }
      },
      {
        "tincture": {
          "name": "gueules",
          "category": "colour"
        }
      }
    ]
  },
  "charges": [
    {
      "name": "lion",
      "count": 3,
      "category": "meuble",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "hermine",
        "category": "fur"
      },
      "attitudes": [
        "brochant sur le tout"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "is_compound": true
}

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