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griffon

Fully parsed

Grifalde

family·strict·Clemmensen (Ordinary of Medieval Armorials)

D'or au griffon de sinople.

Original entry: griffin segreant · OV · a saracen king · attributed · 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
Greece, Griffonia

In medieval armorials

  • Charolais (1425) no. 1019 “grifalde, roi”

Tinctures

or (field)
sinople (charge)

Charges

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

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