Meissen

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

Blazon

D'or au lion de sable.

Original entry: lion rampant · O S · Meissen · 1247

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: MGf. Meissen
Identified as: Friedrich MGf.Meissen, Heinrich MGf.Meissen, Meissen, MGf.Meissen

In medieval armorials

Heidelberger (1300) no. 7, fol. 14v “margrue heinrich von misen .vii.” · crest: rod garnished with peacock eyes and tipped with a peacock plume
Zürich (1345) no. 82 “misen” · crest: cone crested tipped with peacock tail
Arautos (1416) no. 235, fol. 90r1 “marchionnatus missenenses”
Toison d'Or & l'Europe (1440) no. 326, fol. 37v “le marquis de myse”
Ingeram (1459) no. 134, fol. 42n1 “margräff vô/ meyssen”
Rineck (1473) no. 870 “le marquis de mince il porte quelz de hesse” · crest: bust of man hatted
Coislin-Séguier (1480) no. 759 “le marquis de mince il porte quelz de hesse”
Nancy (1480) no. 642 “le marquis de mince il porte quelz de hesse”

Tinctures

or (field)

sable (charge)

Charges

lion (meuble)

Parsed structure (AST)

{
  "field": {
    "tincture": {
      "name": "or",
      "category": "metal"
    }
  },
  "charges": [
    {
      "name": "lion",
      "count": 1,
      "category": "meuble",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "sable",
        "category": "colour"
      }
    }
  ]
}