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lion

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Boekhorst

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

D'argent au lion de sable.

Original entry: lion rampant · A S · Geldern · 1370

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
Boechorst

In medieval armorials

  • Urfé (1380) no. 2368 “celui de bronchorst, d argent a j lion de sable”
  • Gelre (1386) no. 1079 “willem van d' boechorst” · crest: lion's head betw wings
  • Toison d'Or & l'Europe (1440) no. 254 “hakema”
  • Bergshammar (1450) no. 1532, fol. 107v1 “die vand^ boechorst” · crest: lion's head betw wings
  • Lyncenich (1450) no. 2516 “boechvorst”
  • Limburg-Stirum (1450) no. 113, fol. 237r1 “blêdars / diegraue” · crest: lion's head betw wings
  • Prinsault (1470) no. 1935, fol. 368v1 “<le sr de blangue, dor au lion de sable>”

Tinctures

argent (field)
sable (charge)

Charges

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

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