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lion

Fully parsed

Oberstein

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

D'argent au lion couronné de gueules.

Original entry: lion cr. · A G · Pfalz · 1483

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

In medieval armorials

  • Le Blancq (1380) no. 3493 “heer van mestem”
  • Bellenville (1386) no. 441 “h jâ vâ mestein”
  • Gelre (1386) no. 1376 “h' jan van mesteyn”
  • Bergshammar (1450) no. 927 “va mestein”
  • Grünenberg (1483) no. 1447, fol. 269n1 “von oberstein” · crest: lion's head betw wings erect

Tinctures

argent (field)
gueules (charge)

Charges

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

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