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lion

Fully parsed

Maine

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

De gueules au lion d'argent.

Original entry: lion rampant · G A · Maine · 1480

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

  • Le Blancq (1380) no. 698, fol. 87r1 “le conte du maisne”
  • Sicile (1425) no. 1142, fol. 149r1 “les armes du comte du maine, de gueulle au lyon d argent”
  • Prinsault (1470) no. 666, fol. 155r1 “le conte du maisne, de geulles au lion dargent”

Tinctures

argent (charge)
gueules (field)

Charges

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

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