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lion

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Sernon

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

D'or au chef de gueules chargé d'un lion léopardé d'or.

Original entry: chief ch. lion passt · O GO · Normandie · 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

In medieval armorials

  • Navarre (1375) no. 169 “le sire de sernon, d'or [argent] a un chief de gueules a un lioncheau d'or passant ou chief”

Tinctures

gueules (ordinary)
or (charge)
or (field)

Charges

chef (ordinary)
lion (meuble)
Parsed structure (AST)
{
  "field": {
    "tincture": {
      "name": "or",
      "category": "metal"
    }
  },
  "charges": [
    {
      "name": "chef",
      "count": 1,
      "category": "ordinary",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "gueules",
        "category": "colour"
      },
      "modifiers": [
        {
          "verb": "chargé",
          "tincture": {
            "name": "or",
            "category": "metal"
          },
          "attitudes": [
            "léopardé"
          ],
          "charge_name": "lion"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

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