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besant

Fully parsed

Burley

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

De gueules à la besant d'or.

Original entry: roundel · G O · Yorkshire · 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

In medieval armorials

  • Jenyns' Book (Thomas) (1410) no. 1197 “robert burlay de werlsdale port de goules a une besant en mylieu”

Tinctures

gueules (field)
or (charge)

Charges

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

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