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Surlait

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

D'or au sautoir de gueules.

Original entry: saltire · O G · Hesbaye · 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

Other names

Also called
Surlet de Chokier
Identified as
Surlait

In medieval armorials

  • Le Blancq (1380) no. 2915 “celluy de surlait .. celles de faigneulles telles celles d ablins [telles que faigneulles à six cocquilles d'argent]”
  • Urfé (1380) no. 2241 “celui de surlait, d or a j sautoir de gueles”
  • Lyncenich (1450) no. 1530, fol. 106r1

Tinctures

gueules (ordinary)
or (field)

Charges

sautoir (ordinary)
Parsed structure (AST)
{
  "field": {
    "tincture": {
      "name": "or",
      "category": "metal"
    }
  },
  "charges": [
    {
      "name": "sautoir",
      "count": 1,
      "category": "ordinary",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "gueules",
        "category": "colour"
      }
    }
  ]
}

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