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lion

Fully parsed

Holland (zuid)

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

D'or au lion de gueules.

Original entry: lion rampant · O G · Holland · 1425

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
Holland

In medieval armorials

  • Aachen (Otto IV) (1198) no. 11 “tyeri conte de holande”
  • Matt.Paris Hist.Angl. (1244) no. 82 “willelmi comitis (hollandia)”
  • Bigot (1254) no. 21 “le conte de holandre”
  • Matt.Paris Lib.Add. (1259) no. 89
  • Le Blancq (1380) no. 2492, fol. 313r1 “le conte de hollande”
  • Urfé (1380) no. 2285 “les armes de le conte de hollende, d or a j lion de gueles, et crient hollendres”
  • Gelre (1386) no. 1790 “int zevende jaar .. diederiic ..” · crest: lion sejt betw bull's horns
  • Gelre (1386) no. 1791, fol. 7r “diederiic siin soon ..”

Tinctures

gueules (charge)
or (field)

Charges

lion (meuble)
Parsed structure (AST)
{
  "field": {
    "tincture": {
      "name": "or",
      "category": "metal"
    }
  },
  "charges": [
    {
      "name": "lion",
      "count": 1,
      "category": "meuble",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "gueules",
        "category": "colour"
      }
    }
  ]
}

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