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Drawn from the blazon

griffon

Fully parsed

Gryf

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

De gueules au griffon d'argent.

Original entry: griffin segreant · G A · Polen · 1450

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
Jaxa, Swieboda

In medieval armorials

  • Toison d'Or & l'Europe (1440) no. 910 “le sr de grifoy”
  • Lutzelbourg (Nicolas de) (1440) no. 895 “gryfow” · crest: bull's horn and antler
  • Bergshammar (1450) no. 2171 “jacob destrestzem alaas wü cor”
  • Clémery (1450) no. 1180 “gryfoir” · crest: bull's horn and antler

Tinctures

argent (charge)
gueules (field)

Charges

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

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