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besant

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Wake

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

D'azur à deux fasces d'or accompagnées en chef de trois besants d'or.

Original entry: 2 bars acc. 3 roundels in chf · B OO · Northamptonshire · 1285

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

  • Charles (1285) no. 457 “wake”
  • Neve's Roll (William le) (1307) no. 62 “wake”

Tinctures

azur (field)
or (charge)
or (ordinary)

Charges

3× besant (meuble)
2× fasce (ordinary)
Parsed structure (AST)
{
  "field": {
    "tincture": {
      "name": "azur",
      "category": "colour"
    }
  },
  "charges": [
    {
      "name": "fasce",
      "count": 2,
      "category": "ordinary",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "or",
        "category": "metal"
      },
      "modifiers": [
        {
          "verb": "accompagnée",
          "count": 3,
          "position": "en chef",
          "tincture": {
            "name": "or",
            "category": "metal"
          },
          "attitudes": [
            "en chef"
          ],
          "charge_name": "besant"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

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