Sayn

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

Blazon

De gueules au léopard lionné d'or à la queue fourchée.

Original entry: lion guard q.f. · G O · Trier · 1386

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: Dietrich Gf.Sayn, Gf.Sayn, Sayn

In medieval armorials

Wijnberghen (1270) no. 622 “le conte desne”
Walford (1273) no. 115 “count of sayn”
Le Blancq (1380) no. 3589 “zeyn”
Bellenville (1386) no. 260 “zeyn”
Gelre (1386) no. 100 “grv van zeyne” · crest: ibex' horn
Gelre (1386) no. 1718
Uffenbach (1400) no. 513, fol. 69v3 “der grove von seym”
Gorinchen (1402) no. 116 “le conte de la saine”

Tinctures

gueules (field)

or (charge)

Charges

léopard (meuble)

Parsed structure (AST)

{
  "field": {
    "tincture": {
      "name": "gueules",
      "category": "colour"
    }
  },
  "charges": [
    {
      "name": "léopard",
      "count": 1,
      "category": "meuble",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "or",
        "category": "metal"
      },
      "attitudes": [
        "lionné",
        "fourchée"
      ],
      "modifiers": [
        {
          "part": true,
          "verb": "",
          "attitudes": [
            "fourchée"
          ],
          "charge_name": "queue"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}