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merlette

Fully parsed

Knebel von Katzenellenbogen-Allendorf

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

D'argent à l'écusson de gueules accompagné en chef de quatre merlettes de sable.

Original entry: escutcheon acc. 4 martlets in chf · A GS · Hessen · 1280

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

In medieval armorials

  • Wijnberghen (1270) no. 704 “henry de queue noire”

Tinctures

argent (field)
gueules (ordinary)
sable (charge)

Charges

écusson (ordinary)
4× merlette (meuble)
Parsed structure (AST)
{
  "field": {
    "tincture": {
      "name": "argent",
      "category": "metal"
    }
  },
  "charges": [
    {
      "name": "écusson",
      "count": 1,
      "category": "ordinary",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "gueules",
        "category": "colour"
      },
      "modifiers": [
        {
          "verb": "accompagné",
          "count": 4,
          "position": "en chef",
          "tincture": {
            "name": "sable",
            "category": "colour"
          },
          "attitudes": [
            "en chef"
          ],
          "charge_name": "merlette"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

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