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lion

Fully parsed

Galloway (lordship)

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

D'azur au lion couronné d'argent.

Original entry: lion cr. · B A · Scotland

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
Galloway

In medieval armorials

  • Fife (1300) no. 9 “lord of galloway”
  • Neve's Roll (William le) (1307) no. 23 “lord of galloway”
  • Jenyns' Book (Thomas) (1410) no. 22 “alan sire de galway port d'azure a un leon rampant de argent coronee d'or”

Tinctures

argent (charge)
azur (field)

Charges

lion (meuble)
Parsed structure (AST)
{
  "field": {
    "tincture": {
      "name": "azur",
      "category": "colour"
    }
  },
  "charges": [
    {
      "name": "lion",
      "count": 1,
      "category": "meuble",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "argent",
        "category": "metal"
      },
      "attitudes": [
        "couronné"
      ]
    }
  ]
}

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