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Aw

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

Chapé d'azur et d'argent.

Original entry: per chevron · B A · Schwaben · 1459

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
Au, Auer, Ow
Identified as
von Auer

In medieval armorials

  • Ingeram (1459) no. 568 “von aw” · crest: 2 bull's horns
  • Berlin (1460) no. 321, fol. 48v1 “von aw” · crest: 2 bull's horns
  • St. Gallen Haggenberg (1488) no. 602 “vô ow” · crest: 2 bull's horns (dx per fess)
  • Rugen (Jörg) (1499) no. 2436 “von oüw” · crest: 2 bull's horns

Tinctures

argent (field)
azur (field)

Charges

Parsed structure (AST)
{
  "field": {
    "tincture": {
      "name": "azur",
      "category": "colour"
    },
    "partition": "chapé",
    "sub_fields": [
      {
        "tincture": {
          "name": "azur",
          "category": "colour"
        }
      },
      {
        "tincture": {
          "name": "argent",
          "category": "metal"
        }
      }
    ]
  },
  "is_compound": true
}

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