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léopard

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Markdorf

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

D'argent au léopard de gueules.

Original entry: lion passt guard · A G · Schwaben · 1345

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

Identified as
Markdorf, von Markdorf

In medieval armorials

  • Zürich (1345) no. 186, fol. s2f13b “martdorf” · crest: virgin's head
  • Richental Chronik (1420) no. 989, fol. 209v1
  • Grünenberg (1483) no. 940, fol. 185n1 “frÿ von marchdorff” · crest: bust of queen

Tinctures

argent (field)
gueules (charge)

Charges

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

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