Constantinople (empire)

family·strict·Clemmensen (Ordinary of Medieval Armorials)

Blazon

Palé de gueules et d'or, au chef d'azur chargé de deux couronnes d'or.

Original entry: paly & chief ch.2 crowns · G OBO · attributed · 1490

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: Constantinople
Identified as: Manuel Paleogogos, emperor of Constantinople

In medieval armorials

Richental Chronik (1420) no. 210, fol. 108r1 “africa // her manoil pedagog' kayser zu constantinopell im kriechenland”
Raber - Neustift (1450) no. 783, fol. 88n1 “kayser manoel zu constantinopell”
Miltenberg (1490) no. 100, fol. 24r1 · crest: 5 feathers betw ibex' horns

Tinctures

azur (ordinary)

gueules (field)

or (charge)

or (field)

Charges

chef (ordinary)

2× couronne (meuble)

Parsed structure (AST)

{
  "field": {
    "tincture": {
      "name": "gueules",
      "category": "colour"
    },
    "partition": "palé",
    "sub_fields": [
      {
        "tincture": {
          "name": "gueules",
          "category": "colour"
        }
      },
      {
        "tincture": {
          "name": "or",
          "category": "metal"
        }
      }
    ]
  },
  "charges": [
    {
      "name": "chef",
      "count": 1,
      "category": "ordinary",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "azur",
        "category": "colour"
      },
      "modifiers": [
        {
          "verb": "chargé",
          "count": 2,
          "tincture": {
            "name": "or",
            "category": "metal"
          },
          "charge_name": "couronne"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "is_compound": true
}