Zwingenstein

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

Blazon

D'argent à deux pattes d'ours de gueules en sautoir.

Original entry: 2 gambs in saltire · A G · Suisse · 1345

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: von Zwingenstein, Zwingenstein

In medieval armorials

Zürich (1345) no. 330 “twingenstein” · crest: man's head betw gambs
Zürich (1345) no. 354, fol. s3b3b · crest: 2 gambs
Richental Chronik (1420) no. 1008
Donaueschinger (1460) no. 882 “von zwingenstain” · crest: 2 wings ch. arms

Tinctures

argent (field)

gueules (charge)

Charges

2× ours (meuble)

2× patte (meuble)

Parsed structure (AST)

{
  "field": {
    "tincture": {
      "name": "argent",
      "category": "metal"
    }
  },
  "charges": [
    {
      "name": "patte",
      "count": 2,
      "detail": "ours",
      "category": "meuble",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "gueules",
        "category": "colour"
      },
      "attitudes": [
        "en sautoir"
      ]
    }
  ]
}