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lion

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Löwenstein (Kalb)

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

D'argent au lion de gueules posé sur un mont d'or.

Original entry: lion stat on mount · A GO · Franken · 1460

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

Also called
Löwenstein

In medieval armorials

  • Grünenberg (1483) no. 473 “kalb”
  • St. Gallen Haggenberg (1488) no. 1092, fol. 230n “<graff von löwenstain zu schwaben>” · crest: figure of arms
  • Rugen (Jörg) (1499) no. 1046 “die graffen von kalb” · crest: lion isst
  • armorial - 24049 (DE) (1570) no. 43 “conte de lowenstain” · crest: figure of arms

Tinctures

argent (field)
gueules (charge)
or (charge)

Charges

lion (meuble)
mont (meuble)
Parsed structure (AST)
{
  "field": {
    "tincture": {
      "name": "argent",
      "category": "metal"
    }
  },
  "charges": [
    {
      "name": "lion",
      "count": 1,
      "category": "meuble",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "gueules",
        "category": "colour"
      },
      "attitudes": [
        "posé"
      ],
      "modifiers": [
        {
          "verb": "sur",
          "tincture": {
            "name": "or",
            "category": "metal"
          },
          "charge_name": "mont"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

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