Thüringen-Meissen

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

Blazon

Écartelé : aux 1 et 4 d'azur au lion fascé couronné de gueules et d'argent ; aux 2 et 3 d'or au lion de sable.

Original entry: lion barry cr.; lion; =; = {BX-GA, OS} · Meissen · 1380

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: Meissen, MGf. Meissen
Identified as: MGf.Meissen

In medieval armorials

Bellenville (1386) no. 390, fol. 29v1 “mcg vâ mysen, mcg van mysen”
Gelre (1386) no. 2 “mrcgr van misen” · crest: man's head with hat plumed
Uffenbach (1400) no. 454, fol. 62r4 “der marggrove von missen”
Povey's German (1405) no. 49 “margvig missues” · crest: bust of man with cap ch. arms tipped with crown and peacock plume
Bergshammar (1450) no. 39, fol. 6r1 “misen” · crest: man's head with hat plumed
Lyncenich (1450) no. 394 “meregrave van mijsen”

Tinctures

argent (field)

azur (field)

gueules (charge)

or (field)

sable (charge)

Charges

lion (meuble)

Parsed structure (AST)

{
  "field": {
    "partition": "écartelé",
    "sub_fields": [
      {
        "charges": [
          {
            "name": "lion",
            "count": 1,
            "category": "meuble",
            "tincture": {
              "name": "gueules",
              "category": "colour"
            },
            "attitudes": [
              "fascé",
              "couronné"
            ]
          }
        ],
        "tincture": {
          "name": "azur",
          "category": "colour"
        },
        "positions": [
          "1",
          "4"
        ]
      },
      {
        "tincture": {
          "name": "argent",
          "category": "metal"
        }
      },
      {
        "charges": [
          {
            "name": "lion",
            "count": 1,
            "category": "meuble",
            "tincture": {
              "name": "sable",
              "category": "colour"
            }
          }
        ],
        "tincture": {
          "name": "or",
          "category": "metal"
        },
        "positions": [
          "2",
          "3"
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "is_compound": true
}