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lion

Fully parsed

Mortein

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

D'or à six lions d'azur à la queue fourchée.

Original entry: 6 lions q.f · O B · new · Bedfordshire · 1300

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
Robert Mortain

In medieval armorials

  • Galloway (1300) no. 142 “roger morteyn”
  • Caerlaverock (1300) no. 56 “roger mortaigne”
  • Jenyns' Ordinary (William) (1380) no. 128 “robert de mortimer”

Tinctures

azur (charge)
or (field)

Charges

6× lion (meuble)
Parsed structure (AST)
{
  "field": {
    "tincture": {
      "name": "or",
      "category": "metal"
    }
  },
  "charges": [
    {
      "name": "lion",
      "count": 6,
      "category": "meuble",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "azur",
        "category": "colour"
      },
      "attitudes": [
        "fourchée"
      ],
      "modifiers": [
        {
          "part": true,
          "verb": "",
          "attitudes": [
            "fourchée"
          ],
          "charge_name": "queue"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

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