Montenay (Paynel)

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

Blazon

D'or à deux fasces d'azur accompagnées d'un orle de coquilles de gueules.

Original entry: 2 bars acc. orle of escallops · O BG · 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

Other names

Also called: Montenay

In medieval armorials

Navarre (1375) no. 283 “m guillaume de montenay, d'or a ii fesses d'azur a une oille de coquilles de gueules”
Le Blancq (1380) no. 1446 “le seigneur de montenay”
Cour Amoureuse (1420) no. 121 “mr jehan sr de montenay”
Lalaing (1420) no. 13
Berry (1458) no. 514 “le sr de mantenay”
Prinsault (1470) no. 1502, fol. 308r “le seigneur de montenay, dor a deux fasses dazur a le bordure de cocquilles de geulles”

Tinctures

azur (ordinary)

gueules (ordinary)

or (field)

Charges

coquille (meuble)

2× fasce (ordinary)

orle (ordinary)

Parsed structure (AST)

{
  "field": {
    "tincture": {
      "name": "or",
      "category": "metal"
    }
  },
  "charges": [
    {
      "name": "fasce",
      "count": 2,
      "category": "ordinary",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "azur",
        "category": "colour"
      },
      "modifiers": [
        {
          "verb": "accompagnée",
          "detail": "coquille",
          "tincture": {
            "name": "gueules",
            "category": "colour"
          },
          "charge_name": "orle"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Source : Clemmensen (Ordinary of Medieval Armorials)