Lens

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

Blazon

Échiqueté d'or et de sable.

Original entry: checky · O S · confounded with other arms · Artois · 1440

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: Châtelain de Lens
Identified as: Lens

In medieval armorials

Bergshammar (1450) no. 2828 “lens”
Lyncenich (1450) no. 2318 “lens”

Tinctures

or (field)

sable (field)

Charges

Parsed structure (AST)

{
  "field": {
    "tincture": {
      "name": "or",
      "category": "metal"
    },
    "partition": "échiqueté",
    "sub_fields": [
      {
        "tincture": {
          "name": "or",
          "category": "metal"
        }
      },
      {
        "tincture": {
          "name": "sable",
          "category": "colour"
        }
      }
    ]
  },
  "is_compound": true
}