Orkney (kingdom)

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

Blazon

D'or au cheval gai de gueules.

Original entry: horse saillant · O G · Scotland · 1340

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: Earl of Orkney, Orkney

In medieval armorials

Thornton Kings (1350) no. 21 “roy dorkeneye”

Tinctures

gueules (charge)

or (field)

Charges

cheval (meuble)

Parsed structure (AST)

{
  "field": {
    "tincture": {
      "name": "or",
      "category": "metal"
    }
  },
  "charges": [
    {
      "name": "cheval",
      "count": 1,
      "category": "meuble",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "gueules",
        "category": "colour"
      },
      "attitudes": [
        "gai"
      ]
    }
  ]
}