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coquille

Fully parsed

Keppel

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

De gueules à trois coquilles d'argent.

Original entry: 3 escallops · G A · Geldern · 1386

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
Keppel

In medieval armorials

  • Le Blancq (1380) no. 2668 “keppel”
  • Bellenville (1386) no. 1013 “keppel keppel”
  • Gelre (1386) no. 1246 “die he' van keppel” · crest: swan's head
  • Bergshammar (1450) no. 475
  • Bergshammar (1450) no. 1146 “van keppel” · crest: swan's head
  • Lyncenich (1450) no. 1609 “<keppel>”

Tinctures

argent (charge)
gueules (field)

Charges

3× coquille (meuble)
Parsed structure (AST)
{
  "field": {
    "tincture": {
      "name": "gueules",
      "category": "colour"
    }
  },
  "charges": [
    {
      "name": "coquille",
      "count": 3,
      "category": "meuble",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "argent",
        "category": "metal"
      }
    }
  ]
}

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