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besant

Fully parsed

Markenfield

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

D'argent à la bande de sable chargée de trois besants d'or.

Original entry: bend ch. 3 roundels · A SO · Yorkshire · 1380

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

In medieval armorials

  • Jenyns' Ordinary (William) (1380) no. 1490 “mons andr markynfeld”
  • Willement (1395) no. 398, fol. r64n1 “monsr thomas / blygfeld”
  • Jenyns' Book (Thomas) (1410) no. 299 “monsr andreu merkingfelde port d'argent une bende de sable & trois besantz d'or en la bende”
  • Creswick (1450) no. 1678 “markingfield”

Tinctures

argent (field)
or (charge)
sable (ordinary)

Charges

bande (ordinary)
3× besant (meuble)
Parsed structure (AST)
{
  "field": {
    "tincture": {
      "name": "argent",
      "category": "metal"
    }
  },
  "charges": [
    {
      "name": "bande",
      "count": 1,
      "category": "ordinary",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "sable",
        "category": "colour"
      },
      "modifiers": [
        {
          "verb": "chargée",
          "count": 3,
          "tincture": {
            "name": "or",
            "category": "metal"
          },
          "charge_name": "besant"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

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