Sponheim

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

Blazon

Échiqueté d'or et d'azur, au lambel de gueules.

Original entry: checky & label · O BG · Pfalz · 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

Also called: Spanheim

In medieval armorials

Gelre (1386) no. 1720
Gelre (1386) no. 1745, fol. 15r “johan spanen” · crest: peacock plume

Tinctures

azur (field)

gueules (charge)

or (field)

Charges

lambel (meuble)

Parsed structure (AST)

{
  "field": {
    "tincture": {
      "name": "or",
      "category": "metal"
    },
    "partition": "échiqueté",
    "sub_fields": [
      {
        "tincture": {
          "name": "or",
          "category": "metal"
        }
      },
      {
        "tincture": {
          "name": "azur",
          "category": "colour"
        }
      }
    ]
  },
  "charges": [
    {
      "name": "lambel",
      "count": 1,
      "category": "meuble",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "gueules",
        "category": "colour"
      }
    }
  ],
  "is_compound": true
}