Colditz

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

Blazon

Bandé de sable et d'argent, au chef d'or chargé d'un lion issant de sable.

Original entry: bendy & chief ch. lion isst · S AOS · Meissen · 1483

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 Colditz

In medieval armorials

Grünenberg (1483) no. 1076, fol. 208n1 “hern von coldicz” · crest: antler and ibex' horn

Tinctures

argent (field)

or (ordinary)

sable (charge)

sable (field)

Charges

chef (ordinary)

lion (meuble)

Parsed structure (AST)

{
  "field": {
    "tincture": {
      "name": "sable",
      "category": "colour"
    },
    "partition": "bandé",
    "sub_fields": [
      {
        "tincture": {
          "name": "sable",
          "category": "colour"
        }
      },
      {
        "tincture": {
          "name": "argent",
          "category": "metal"
        }
      }
    ]
  },
  "charges": [
    {
      "name": "chef",
      "count": 1,
      "category": "ordinary",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "or",
        "category": "metal"
      },
      "modifiers": [
        {
          "verb": "chargé",
          "tincture": {
            "name": "sable",
            "category": "colour"
          },
          "attitudes": [
            "issant"
          ],
          "charge_name": "lion"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "is_compound": true
}