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besant

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Merwede

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

De gueules semé de besants d'or, à la fasce d'argent.

Original entry: fess, roundelly · G AO · Holland · 1380

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

In medieval armorials

  • Meilleurs Trois (1361) no. 28 “daniel de la merwede”
  • Le Blancq (1380) no. 2531 “la seigneur de marwede”
  • Urfé (1380) no. 2310 “le sire de le meruede, de gueles a le faisse d argent a besans d or”
  • Bellenville (1386) no. 803 “marwede”
  • Bellenville (1386) no. 1367 “marwede”
  • Bellenville (1386) no. 1722 “wede” · crest: roundel ch. arms
  • Gelre (1386) no. 1028 “h' daniel van der merwede” · crest: roundel ch. arms
  • Gelre (1386) no. 1730 “he' van merweede”

Tinctures

argent (ordinary)
gueules (field)
or (charge)

Charges

besant (meuble)
fasce (ordinary)
Parsed structure (AST)
{
  "field": {
    "tincture": {
      "name": "gueules",
      "category": "colour"
    }
  },
  "charges": [
    {
      "name": "besant",
      "count": 1,
      "category": "meuble",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "or",
        "category": "metal"
      },
      "attitudes": [
        "semé"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "fasce",
      "count": 1,
      "category": "ordinary",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "argent",
        "category": "metal"
      }
    }
  ]
}

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