Erpe (Gavre)

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

Blazon

D'argent au lion couronné de gueules, à la bordure engrêlée de sable.

Original entry: lion cr. & border engrailed · A GS · Flandern · 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

Also called: Erpe
Identified as: Philippe d'Erpe S.Erpe & Otterghem

In medieval armorials

Vermandois (1295) no. 319 “gossayns d erpe”
Le Blancq (1380) no. 1952 “le seigneur de erpe”
Bellenville (1386) no. 595 “die hé vâ arp”
Gelre (1386) no. 968 “die he' van arp” · crest: lion's head cr. betw wings
Kuinre in Friesland (1396) no. 201 “le sire d'arpe”
armorial - IV.1249 (FR) (1400) no. 37, fol. 3r1 “s' derpe”
Toison d'Or & l'Europe (1440) no. 605 “phly derpe”
Gaillard Flandre (1440) no. 280 “le seigneur de herpe”

Tinctures

argent (field)

gueules (charge)

sable (ordinary)

Charges

bordure (ordinary)

lion (meuble)

Parsed structure (AST)

{
  "field": {
    "tincture": {
      "name": "argent",
      "category": "metal"
    }
  },
  "charges": [
    {
      "name": "lion",
      "count": 1,
      "category": "meuble",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "gueules",
        "category": "colour"
      },
      "attitudes": [
        "couronné"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "bordure",
      "count": 1,
      "category": "ordinary",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "sable",
        "category": "colour"
      },
      "attitudes": [
        "engrêlée"
      ]
    }
  ]
}