Tengen

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Blazon

De gueules à la licorne saillante d'argent.

Original entry: unicorn salient · G A · Schwaben · 1345

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: Fhr. von Tengen, Tengen, von Tengen

In medieval armorials

Haus zum Loch (1306) no. 109
Zürich (1345) no. 149 “tengen” · crest: unicorn naissant
Le Blancq (1380) no. 3128 “le conte de thengen”
Uffenbach (1400) no. 588, fol. 80r3 “die herren vonn tengen”
Ingeram (1459) no. 313, fol. 93n1 “..aff von tenggen” · crest: attire
Donaueschinger (1460) no. 164 · crest: unicorn isst crested garnished with peacock eyes
St. Gallen Haggenberg (1488) no. 1085, fol. 223n “<graff von tengen zu schwaben>” · crest: attire
Miltenberg (1490) no. 823 “vinlach” · crest: 2 antlers

Tinctures

argent (charge)

gueules (field)

Charges

licorne (meuble)

Parsed structure (AST)

{
  "field": {
    "tincture": {
      "name": "gueules",
      "category": "colour"
    }
  },
  "charges": [
    {
      "name": "licorne",
      "count": 1,
      "category": "meuble",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "argent",
        "category": "metal"
      },
      "attitudes": [
        "saillante"
      ]
    }
  ]
}