Malines

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

Blazon

De gueules à trois pals d'or, à l'écusson d'or en chef chargé d'une aigle bicéphale de sable.

Original entry: 3 pales & escutch {Or eagle doubleheaded Sa} in chf · G O+ · Brabant · 1425

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: Mechelen (town)
Identified as: Malines

In medieval armorials

Sicile (1425) no. 342 “la ville de malines, de gueulle a trois pals d or a l escu de l empire”
Wappentor - Innsbruch (1499) no. 60, fol. sn8 “mecheln”
Rugen (Jörg) (1499) no. 2971 “die statt mechel yn brabannt”
Ehrenport Maximilian (1515) no. 153 “mecheln”

Tinctures

gueules (field)

or (ordinary)

sable (charge)

Charges

aigle (meuble)

écusson (ordinary)

3× pal (ordinary)

Parsed structure (AST)

{
  "field": {
    "tincture": {
      "name": "gueules",
      "category": "colour"
    }
  },
  "charges": [
    {
      "name": "pal",
      "count": 3,
      "category": "ordinary",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "or",
        "category": "metal"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "écusson",
      "count": 1,
      "category": "ordinary",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "or",
        "category": "metal"
      },
      "attitudes": [
        "en chef"
      ],
      "modifiers": [
        {
          "verb": "chargé",
          "tincture": {
            "name": "sable",
            "category": "colour"
          },
          "attitudes": [
            "bicéphale"
          ],
          "charge_name": "aigle"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}