Sponheim

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

Blazon

Échiqueté d'or et de gueules, au canton d'argent chargé d'une molette de sable.

Original entry: checky & canton ch. mullet · X AS OG · bastard ? · Pfalz · 1280

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: Spanheim

In medieval armorials

Wijnberghen (1270) no. 722 “le bec de spanheim”

Tinctures

argent (ordinary)

gueules (field)

or (field)

sable (charge)

Charges

canton (ordinary)

molette (meuble)

Parsed structure (AST)

{
  "field": {
    "tincture": {
      "name": "or",
      "category": "metal"
    },
    "partition": "échiqueté",
    "sub_fields": [
      {
        "tincture": {
          "name": "or",
          "category": "metal"
        }
      },
      {
        "tincture": {
          "name": "gueules",
          "category": "colour"
        }
      }
    ]
  },
  "charges": [
    {
      "name": "canton",
      "count": 1,
      "category": "ordinary",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "argent",
        "category": "metal"
      },
      "modifiers": [
        {
          "verb": "chargé",
          "tincture": {
            "name": "sable",
            "category": "colour"
          },
          "charge_name": "molette"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "is_compound": true
}