Biber

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

Blazon

D'or au castor de sable.

Original entry: beaver · O S · Suisse · 1345

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: Bibra
Identified as: Bibra, von Biber

In medieval armorials

Haus zum Loch (1306) no. 168
Zürich (1345) no. 294 “biber” · crest: cone ch. arms tipped with tuft of cock feathers
Donaueschinger (1460) no. 959 “<biber>” · crest: beaver's head tipped with tuft of cock feathers

Tinctures

or (field)

sable (charge)

Charges

castor (meuble)

Parsed structure (AST)

{
  "field": {
    "tincture": {
      "name": "or",
      "category": "metal"
    }
  },
  "charges": [
    {
      "name": "castor",
      "count": 1,
      "category": "meuble",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "sable",
        "category": "colour"
      }
    }
  ]
}