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lion

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Gavre-Lens-Hérimez

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

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

Original entry: lion cr. & border engrailed · O GS · Hainaut · 1250

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

In medieval armorials

  • Hozier-Cénalis (1260) no. 119 “jehan de graueres”
  • Wijnberghen (1270) no. 1223
  • Compiegne 1278 (1278) no. 335 “jehan de gavre” · crest: 2 mufflers
  • Camden (1280) no. 80 “john gaure”
  • Dupuy (1310) no. 125 “messire johan de guavre”
  • Mons 130 (1310) no. 80 “le sire de gavre” · crest: 2 mufflers
  • Le Blancq (1380) no. 1608 “le seigneur de lens”
  • Le Blancq (1380) no. 1781 “depuys ceulx de gavre .. armes de rollant”

Tinctures

gueules (charge)
or (field)
sable (ordinary)

Charges

bordure (ordinary)
lion (meuble)
Parsed structure (AST)
{
  "field": {
    "tincture": {
      "name": "or",
      "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"
      ]
    }
  ]
}

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