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fer de lance

Fully parsed

Waldau

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

De gueules au fer de lance d'argent en bande rangé en barre.

Original entry: spearhead in bend · G A · Franken · 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

Identified as
von Waldau, Waldau

In medieval armorials

  • Ingeram (1459) no. 717 “dye von waldaw” · crest: roundel garnished with feathers
  • Donaueschinger (1460) no. 388 “von waldow” · crest: cone tipped with crown and 2 millstones
  • Grünenberg (1483) no. 2006 “von waldaw” · crest: cone tipped with crown and 2 millstones
  • St. Gallen Haggenberg (1488) no. 626 “vô waldow” · crest: cone tipped with roundel

Tinctures

argent (charge)
gueules (field)

Charges

fer de lance (meuble)
Parsed structure (AST)
{
  "field": {
    "tincture": {
      "name": "gueules",
      "category": "colour"
    }
  },
  "charges": [
    {
      "name": "fer de lance",
      "count": 1,
      "category": "meuble",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "argent",
        "category": "metal"
      },
      "attitudes": [
        "en bande",
        "rangé",
        "en barre"
      ]
    }
  ]
}

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