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coquille

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Borgne-Kertanguy

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

De sable à la croix d'argent chargée de cinq coquilles de gueules.

Original entry: cross ch. 5 escallops · S AG · Bretagne · 1380

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

  • Urfé (1380) no. 750 “le borgne, de sable a le croix d argent a quatre [cinq] coquilles de gueles”
  • Urfé (1380) no. 2649 “g le borgne, de sable a le croix d argent a iiij coquilles de gueles, breton”
  • Prinsault (1470) no. 841 “le borgne, de sable a le croix dargent a quatre cocquilles de geulles”

Tinctures

argent (ordinary)
gueules (charge)
sable (field)

Charges

5× coquille (meuble)
croix (ordinary)
Parsed structure (AST)
{
  "field": {
    "tincture": {
      "name": "sable",
      "category": "colour"
    }
  },
  "charges": [
    {
      "name": "croix",
      "count": 1,
      "category": "ordinary",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "argent",
        "category": "metal"
      },
      "modifiers": [
        {
          "verb": "chargée",
          "count": 5,
          "tincture": {
            "name": "gueules",
            "category": "colour"
          },
          "charge_name": "coquille"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

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