Helfenstein

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

Blazon

D'azur à six fleurs de lis d'or, au chef d'or chargé d'un lion issant de gueules.

Original entry: 6 fleurs-de-lis & chief ch. lion isst · B OOG · variant · Trier · 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

Identified as: von Helfenstein

In medieval armorials

Uffenbach (1400) no. 492, fol. 67r2 “die herren von helfenstein”
Stuttgart (1446) no. 221 “h vô helffenstain” · crest: sieve demi tipped with tuft of cock feathers
Burggraf (Hans) (1450) no. 225 “von helffenstain” · crest: 2 wings
Miltenberg (1490) no. 1329 “her von helfenstein”
Rugen (Jörg) (1499) no. 1452 “die von helfenstein” · crest: 2 wings semy of elm leaves
Herold WK (1570), fol. 353n
Herold WK (1570), fol. 222n

Tinctures

azur (field)

gueules (charge)

or (charge)

or (ordinary)

Charges

chef (ordinary)

6× fleurs de lis (meuble)

lion (meuble)

Parsed structure (AST)

{
  "field": {
    "tincture": {
      "name": "azur",
      "category": "colour"
    }
  },
  "charges": [
    {
      "name": "fleurs de lis",
      "count": 6,
      "category": "meuble",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "or",
        "category": "metal"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "chef",
      "count": 1,
      "category": "ordinary",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "or",
        "category": "metal"
      },
      "modifiers": [
        {
          "verb": "chargé",
          "tincture": {
            "name": "gueules",
            "category": "colour"
          },
          "attitudes": [
            "issant"
          ],
          "charge_name": "lion"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}