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têtemerlette

Approximate rendering

blazon partially parsed (method lenient_en)

Brydges

family·GB·lenient_en·Burke (General Armory)

Blazon

Argent a cross sable charged with a leopard's face or, a martlet for diff.; these arms are in the cloisters of Westminster Abbey and Wells Cathedral. At the College of Arms, however, is an ancient and different bearing assigned to BriccE, or Brineg, of Bosbury, viz., argent a bend engrailed sable charged at the dexter point with a chaplet or; not adopted by the family geneTally

Tinctures

argent (field)
or (charge)
sable (ordinary)

Charges

bande (ordinary)
croix (ordinary)
léopard (meuble)
merlette (meuble)
tête (meuble)
Parsed structure (AST)
{
  "field": {
    "tincture": {
      "name": "argent",
      "category": "metal"
    }
  },
  "charges": [
    {
      "name": "croix",
      "count": 1,
      "category": "ordinary",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "sable",
        "category": "colour"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "tête",
      "count": 1,
      "detail": "léopard",
      "category": "meuble",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "or",
        "category": "metal"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "merlette",
      "count": 1,
      "category": "meuble"
    },
    {
      "name": "bande",
      "count": 1,
      "category": "ordinary",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "sable",
        "category": "colour"
      },
      "attitudes": [
        "engrêlé"
      ]
    }
  ]
}

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