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Chérisey

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

D'azur au chef d'or chargé d'un lion issant de gueules.

Original entry: chief ch. lion isst · B OG · Lorraine · 1450

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
Cherisey

In medieval armorials

  • Lutzelbourg (Nicolas de) (1440) no. 636 “charrexi”
  • Haraucourt (Jean de) (1450) no. 46 “charrexi”
  • Rineck (1473) no. 289 “charexey”
  • Savelli (1473) no. 219 “charexey”
  • Coislin-Séguier (1480) no. 290 “charexey”
  • Nancy (1480) no. 265 “charexey”

Tinctures

azur (field)
gueules (charge)
or (ordinary)

Charges

chef (ordinary)
lion (meuble)
Parsed structure (AST)
{
  "field": {
    "tincture": {
      "name": "azur",
      "category": "colour"
    }
  },
  "charges": [
    {
      "name": "chef",
      "count": 1,
      "category": "ordinary",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "or",
        "category": "metal"
      },
      "modifiers": [
        {
          "verb": "chargé",
          "tincture": {
            "name": "gueules",
            "category": "colour"
          },
          "attitudes": [
            "issant"
          ],
          "charge_name": "lion"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

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