Castel

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

Blazon

Parti d'or et d'argent, au léopard de gueules brochant sur le tout.

Original entry: per pale & lion passt guard · X G OA · Suisse · 1345

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: von Castel

In medieval armorials

Zürich (1345) no. 284 “casteln” · crest: 2 wings
Donaueschinger (1460) no. 897, fol. 114r1 “kasteln” · crest: 2 wings
Öhem (1496) no. 48 “diethelmus von castel .xlvii.”
Öhem (1496) no. 192 “castell”

Tinctures

argent (field)

gueules (charge)

or (field)

Charges

léopard (meuble)

Parsed structure (AST)

{
  "field": {
    "tincture": {
      "name": "or",
      "category": "metal"
    },
    "partition": "parti",
    "sub_fields": [
      {
        "tincture": {
          "name": "or",
          "category": "metal"
        }
      },
      {
        "tincture": {
          "name": "argent",
          "category": "metal"
        }
      }
    ]
  },
  "charges": [
    {
      "name": "léopard",
      "count": 1,
      "category": "meuble",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "gueules",
        "category": "colour"
      },
      "attitudes": [
        "brochant sur le tout"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "is_compound": true
}