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lion

Fully parsed

Orbec

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

D'or au lion de gueules.

Original entry: lion rampant · O G · Normandie · 1290

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

  • Vermandois (1295) no. 424 “guill'e d orbec”
  • Navarre (1375) no. 350 “m guillaume d'orbec, d'or a un lion de gueules rampant”

Tinctures

gueules (charge)
or (field)

Charges

lion (meuble)
Parsed structure (AST)
{
  "field": {
    "tincture": {
      "name": "or",
      "category": "metal"
    }
  },
  "charges": [
    {
      "name": "lion",
      "count": 1,
      "category": "meuble",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "gueules",
        "category": "colour"
      }
    }
  ]
}

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