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griffon

Fully parsed

Well

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

D'or au griffon de sinople.

Original entry: griffin segreant · O V · _England · 1400

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
Roger Well

In medieval armorials

  • Jenyns' Book (Thomas) (1410) no. 1556 “roger de well port d'or a un griffon rampant de vert”

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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