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Giech

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

D'argent à deux forces de gueules posées en pal.

Original entry: 2 scissors · A G · Franken · 1386

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

Identified as
von Giech

In medieval armorials

  • Le Blancq (1380) no. 3529 “heer jans van gyech”
  • Bellenville (1386) no. 416 “h hans vâ gyeck”
  • Bellenville (1386) no. 1428 “giech” · crest: swan's head betw wings ch. arms
  • Gelre (1386) no. 265 “h' hans v' gijch”
  • Bergshammar (1450) no. 3186 “die van gÿch”
  • Ingeram (1459) no. 659 “dye von gyech” · crest: bust of queen betw bull's horns compony
  • Ingeram (1459) no. 678 “dye von/ gyech” · crest: 2 wings ch. arms
  • Berlin (1460) no. 548 “von gicht” · crest: swan's head betw wings

Tinctures

argent (field)
gueules (charge)

Charges

2× force (meuble)
Parsed structure (AST)
{
  "field": {
    "tincture": {
      "name": "argent",
      "category": "metal"
    }
  },
  "charges": [
    {
      "name": "force",
      "count": 2,
      "category": "meuble",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "gueules",
        "category": "colour"
      },
      "attitudes": [
        "posées",
        "en pal"
      ]
    }
  ]
}

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