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lion

Fully parsed

Bitche (Zweibrücken)

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

D'argent au lion couronné de sable.

Original entry: lion cr. · A S · miscoloured in the armorial · Pfalz · 1420

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
Zweibrücken
Identified as
Heinrich Gf.Bitsch

In medieval armorials

  • Richental Chronik (1420) no. 778 “graff cunrat von bittsch in westerrich”
  • Raber - Neustift (1450) no. 759 “graff fridrich von putsche in der westereich”

Tinctures

argent (field)
sable (charge)

Charges

lion (meuble)
Parsed structure (AST)
{
  "field": {
    "tincture": {
      "name": "argent",
      "category": "metal"
    }
  },
  "charges": [
    {
      "name": "lion",
      "count": 1,
      "category": "meuble",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "sable",
        "category": "colour"
      },
      "attitudes": [
        "couronné"
      ]
    }
  ]
}

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