Versailles (Melun)

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

Blazon

D'azur à sept besants d'or, au chef d'or chargé d'un lion léopardé de gueules à dextre.

Original entry: 7 roundels & chief ch. lion passt dx · B OOG · Ile-de-France · 1250

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: Melun

In medieval armorials

Wijnberghen (1270) no. 223 “guy de versailles”

Tinctures

azur (field)

gueules (charge)

or (charge)

or (ordinary)

Charges

7× besant (meuble)

chef (ordinary)

lion (meuble)

Parsed structure (AST)

{
  "field": {
    "tincture": {
      "name": "azur",
      "category": "colour"
    }
  },
  "charges": [
    {
      "name": "besant",
      "count": 7,
      "category": "meuble",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "or",
        "category": "metal"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "chef",
      "count": 1,
      "category": "ordinary",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "or",
        "category": "metal"
      },
      "modifiers": [
        {
          "verb": "chargé",
          "position": "à dextre",
          "tincture": {
            "name": "gueules",
            "category": "colour"
          },
          "attitudes": [
            "léopardé",
            "à dextre"
          ],
          "charge_name": "lion"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}