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lion

Fully parsed

Merck

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

De gueules au lion d'argent, à la bordure engrêlée d'or.

Original entry: lion & border engrailed · G AO · Essex · 1300

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

In medieval armorials

  • St. George (1285) no. 395 “john mere”
  • Lord Marshal (1296) no. 546 “johan de merk”
  • Galloway (1300) no. 8 “john merk”
  • Stirling (1304) no. 99 “john merk”
  • Parliamentary (1312) no. 438 “sr john merk”

Tinctures

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

Charges

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

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