List of heraldic terms

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List of heraldic terms

  • Heraldic terms can also be found under cross .

A.

  • deposed: a herald's image shortened at its ends, which does not touch the edge of the coat of arms; also: abbreviated (example: beam, pole; in the case of a coat of arms, meaning "free-floating", for example a tree that normally stands on a ground)
  • torn off: hands , paws, head alone, if scraps of skin are still depicted.
  • cut off: parts of the figure, separated by a sharp cut.
  • graduated: also stepped or stepped; Herold's figure, the boundary lines of which are formed by a step cut .
  • turned away: Figures with their backs facing each other (back to back of two animals) or with their heads turned away
  • alternating tincture: mixed up color
  • Armpits: Saxony (heraldry) , wing bones
  • Adelindiskreuz: cross with paw ends
  • Eagle catch : single eagle leg in the coat of arms
  • Monkey helmet: Spangenhelm with a strongly protruding visor, see monkey
  • Aigrette: ( French ) plume used as helmet decoration
  • Alliance coat of arms: double coat of arms, also called marriage coat of arms for married couples.
  • Alpfuß, Alpkreuz: Pentalpha
  • Alérion : (French) small heraldic eagle without feet and beak
  • Blackbird: (French) Merlette or Merle; also a bird as heraldic animal
  • at the gap: half figure, with the cut surface at the cleavage line
  • St. Andrew's Cross : also inclined cross or sloping
  • on the dividing line: half figure, with the cut area on the dividing line (see Eltzer coat of arms ) or whole figure on the dividing line (see Wertingen )
  • chopped: refers to a beam, stake or other heraldic image, the outline of which looks like it has been worked with an ax. The contour lines are similar to fangs or to coarse chips that have not been chipped off. Example coat of arms of Hayingen
  • pushed: A tournament collar is emblazoned with pushed when it touches the upper edge of the shield with its upper side
  • attached: Herald's picture touches the edge of the shield, metal on metal or color on color appears in the picture.
  • Anchor cross : Cross arms drawn out to two laterally diverging tips that are bent inwards (like an anchor)
  • Apple cross : also spherical cross. Cross arms equipped with small balls (apples)
  • Arabesques : free shapes and lines chosen for damaging the coat of arms.
  • Branch cross : cross arms made from natural branches, made from gnarled tree trunks horizontally / vertically
  • Branch cut: branched, sloping battlements
  • Attribute : typical identification mark for people, especially saints
  • on guard: a standing deer with its head turned towards the viewer (en face)
  • flying up: sitting birds with outspread wings ( sherbet )
  • erect: four-footed animal standing on its hind legs
  • Placement: a label with the corresponding coat of arms is placed on the shield. The little label is often on the heart.
  • curved: heraldic image with outwardly rounded lines without the central part of the figure
  • uprooted: Plants with exposed roots
  • knocked out: tongue of heraldic animals: stuck out; for forms: broken z. B. at Ortband , Seeblatt

B.

  • Bar : also called a band; at half the width it is a thread, especially a transverse thread; Max. 2/7 of the shield width.
  • bar by bar : arranged side by side (in rows) in the direction of a bar
  • Bastard staff : narrow sloping bar in the coat of arms as a sign of illegitimate birth ( bastardism ) of the recipient of the coat of arms
  • bebutzt: with a slug provided
  • bearded: stylized flower ( rose ) with sepals , s. pointed
  • conscious: foot color tinged differently than claw or claw (reinforcement)
  • accompanied: main character surrounded by minor secondary characters
  • grasped: see grasped
  • helmeted : the head of the heraldic figure wears a helmet
  • Marking "Steg": the heraldic rule does not apply (metal on metal)
  • capped: is the falcon when a cap covers the head
  • clawed: claw color (reinforcement) tinged differently than foot
  • crowned: the head of the heraldic figure wears a crown
  • animated : Different colors of the eyes to describe the animal, especially the dolphin , as animated.
  • occupied : small picture on a larger one without touching the borders
  • painted or inseminated: Blossom with a different colored interior ( slug )
  • Comfortable: provided with tassels, possible with helmet cushions , common figures , coat of arms or bag stand , in the papal coat of arms the tie and release keys
  • frosted: a different colored frost of the imperial apple
  • Mountain: specifically as Dreiberg (see below), as a volcano ( Saffig ) and as a natural / stylized (rising peak , Ayl ) mountain growing in the Schildfuß ( Sengenthal )
  • inseminated: flower provided with a seed ( clump )
  • seeded : many small figures regularly in the field like a grid, elements at the edge cut off by the edge
  • removed : smaller figures next to a large figure without contact; one speaks of right (front) and / or left (back) removed.
  • occupied and equipped:
    • Coat of arms with another one on it
    • smaller figures attached to the larger object
  • billed: are birds whose beaks have their own color
  • pointed: stylized flower ( rose ) with sepals
  • sprinkled : many small, complete figures in the field, arranged following the open spaces
  • betaglicht (r) t: openings (open windows, loopholes, doors, gates) in towers, castles, walls, houses show the tincture underneath or the coat of arms (from the 17th century)
  • guarded: the roof of a fort is covered with towers, the middle one is higher
  • Reinforcement : heraldic expression for claws, beaks, tongues, horns , fins, etc. of heraldic animals , especially if they appear in their own color different from the wearer.
  • Bewindfahnet , flags or small pennants on towers, ship masts or similar structures
  • angled: the figure (e.g. cross) is accompanied by smaller secondary figures in the four corners
  • Rooted: Tree with depicted roots, especially those that are different in color from the tree
  • Bandage: s. bar
  • Blazon : Description of the coat of arms, verbally or in writing, with defined heraldic formulations (artificial language).
  • Flower : mostly specified as (heraldic) lily , rose etc., rarely with stem (endowed)
  • Resection : mono- or rounded curved tips; wolf teeth protruding from the side are called wolf teeth
  • Board : see sign board or inboard
  • placed on the board: several common figures are arranged following the edge of the shield
  • Brog : (Polish) haystack, in Polish heraldry as a common figure made of four natural stakes with a straw roof on top
  • Lettering : initials, capitals in the coat of arms
  • Burgundy cross: branch cross is located as a St. Andrew's cross
  • Buffalo horns : common figures that go back to the horns of wild bulls as a trophy; because of some abstract form often mistakenly referred to as Elephant Trunk described
  • Temple helmet : also Spangenhelm (15th century)
  • Butzen : middle section of the heraldic rose , also called the seed and sometimes colored differently than the petals.
  • Byzantine cross : also step cross, Latin cross with step base, also Greek cross with crutches.

C.

  • chaperonne: sinusoidal elevation in the head of the shield in French heraldry . Can be translated as "capped".
  • Cymbel cut: shield division by points ( pewter cut , iron hat )

D.

  • Damascus: ornamental painting of the field
  • Damascus : use of arabesques and meaningless patterns to liven up the coat of arms fields
  • Drawbar: fork cross or Schächerkreuz
  • Motto : short slogan under the coat of arms, mostly on tape or slip of paper; The motto that remains permanently with the coat of arms is called the coat of arms motto.
  • Double -headed eagle : two-headed eagle
  • Double-headed eagle, Byzantine: triple-crowned double-headed eagle, later with breastplate showing St. George . Detectable after 1453 and especially on Russian coats of arms.
  • Double cross: also wheel cross , formed from the Greek and St. Andrew's cross . 8 legs with a ring, sucked. Glorienschein (" Mainzer Rad " in the coat of arms of Mainz )
  • Double cloud section : resembling notched hearts
  • Double tin cut: cut
  • Dragon : worm-like animal with a pointed head, a torn jaw, two lion feet and bat wings; on four feet it is a dragon
  • Dreiberg : heraldic figure made up of three symmetrically arranged round domes, the middle one larger (5–25 possible).
  • Three-headed eagle : extremely rare heraldic animal
  • Drudenfuß : Pentalpha
  • Drudenkreuz : Pentalpha
  • pierced: figure with incised, round opening
  • entwined, penetrated, penetrated: one figure inserted through the opening of another.

E.

  • Corner rafters: rafters on the left or right in the escutcheon
  • inflected: herald's image with lines drawn inwards, also curved, see p. Top.
  • bordered: by a board surrounded Herold image
  • Incorporation: both figures of the coat of arms are put together in the new shield
  • Monkshood cut: pinnacles pointed at the top or bottom
  • placed en face: visor, as much as looking
  • increased: Herald's image goes beyond the usual height
  • degraded: Herald's image does not go up to the usual height. Example is a lowered top.

F.

  • Thread: beam , sloping beam or post only half-width. The transverse thread takes the place of the beam, the oblique thread that of the oblique beam, and the pile thread or rod that of the post. The cross thread takes the place of the cross.
  • Feh : fur , preferably blue-silver.
  • Feldgeschrei (French Cri ): see war cry
  • Window diamonds : broken diamonds
  • Heel point: also foot point or point: shield area at the tip of the shield opposite the place.
  • Fire steel: synonymous with moon
  • Flat tin cut: coat of arms cuts
  • Flanchis : narrow slanted common cross
  • Flight : in heraldry, the two semicircular feathers drawn apart from birds' wings, usually of the eagle; all types of flight also as a helmet ornament.
    • Closed flight: the wings lying on top of each other
    • half flight: one wing
    • open flight: both wings with the Saxons (inner sides) facing each other, the feathers turned outwards
  • Ready to fly: standing bird with wings outstretched
  • Women's sleeve: arm with a pocket attached
  • Freiviertel : small field in the coat of arms, which stands out in the right or left upper corner in a special representation and size

G

  • Fork cross, Schächerkreuz: drawbar
  • Gante: peacock with a woman's head
  • eyes: heraldic animals with eyes of different colors
  • formed: moon and sun have a human face drawing
  • Memorial coat of arms: coat of arms for memory
  • thorn: provided with thorns: thorned cross
  • flagged: flag on a herald image
  • Flagged lance: flag on a lance as a herald image
  • winged : provided with wings (dragon)
  • double : heraldic rose with a double row of petals
  • Jointed: Joints with tinging that differs from the masonry
  • Against ermine : silver tails in black fur on coat of arms coats not stylized.
  • latticed: line bars and line posts to the grid
  • gegrifft: the vessel (handle, booklet ) of a edged weapon (sword, saber, sword, dagger) is tinged differently
  • crossed: two figures in the position of a St. Andrew's cross
  • lion: leopard with features of lion
  • bricked: shingles are horizontal
  • mean: as much as simple
  • ge rautet : squares standing on the top (see edges cube)
  • Geryon's head: fantasy figure
  • Shaft: chessboard-like division / division
  • shingled: narrow split, wide division
  • Closed flight : Wings placed on top of each other
  • Society coat of arms: Coats of arms of orders combined with their own coat of arms
  • lowered: figure standing upside down; With the anchor (standard) the flunken bow (cross of the anchor consisting of arms and shaft) points downwards, the ring with sponge wood (stick) points upwards
  • split: vertical shield division
  • mirrored: peacock feathers with different colored "eyes"
  • spurred: with spurs (knight)
  • speckled: expression for damascene shield surfaces, unheraldic from the 18th century
  • stacked : division into usually eight sectors (stands) by one vertical, one horizontal and two diagonal lines.
  • decorated , beam, stake or board depicted several times with two tinctures.
  • Mutilated : parts of the heraldic animal are missing (reinforcement, tail, legs)
  • overturned : figure standing upside down; at the anchor, rings with sponges (stick) point downwards
  • divided: shield divided by horizontal lines
  • quartered : shield divided into 4 fields by a division and a split
  • awakened: slimmer diamond division
  • Thunderstorm: downward flames from stylized clouds
  • Tough : mining hand tools, frequent depiction in the coats of arms of mining regions
  • tinned: wall with a crenellated crown
  • Glaive, glaive wreath, glaive wheel: special arrangement of the lilies
  • Mercy coat of arms: coat of arms as a sign of favor
  • Göpel : Herald's image in the form of an inverted Y- shaped line
  • Griffin : heraldic animal with pointed-eared eagle head and front claws, remainder of the lion's body; in the coat of arms always in profile; Reinforcement (claws, beak, tongue, bird legs) often tinged differently.
  • Gugel : hood-shaped headgear
  • adorned / unadorned: heraldic figures show genitals / none

H

  • half : Designation for a heraldic figure shown with one half, which are always in the middle of the field; Contrast to growing
  • half divided: only one half of the shield divided
  • Halving: Halving the shield by splitting, less often by dividing or inclining monogrammatic union
  • crowned neck: also crowned neck, a heraldic animal has a crown pulled over the neck, often a leaf crown
  • Hamaide (n): (French hamayde ) piece of beam cut diagonally against the tip of the shield
  • Harpy: fantasy figure, female eagle, virgin eagle
  • House brands : purely linear arbitrary characters, older than coats of arms, can be systematically described (four-headed shaft, arrow-headed shaft, etc.)
  • Marriage coat of arms : Alliance coat of arms
  • Helmet : sits in the full coat of arms on the upper edge of the shield as a pot helmet (13th century), bucket helmet, stech helmet , bow or spangen helmet ; represents the center of the full coat of arms.
  • Helmlin: Visor helmet
  • Helmet cover : Originally a helmet cover as sun protection, then often imaginatively two-tone (also multi-colored) cut into stripes (paddled) and provided with tassels.
  • Helmet seal : seals that only take into account the helmet and not the shield
  • Crest : bulge, cushion
  • Heppe: actually hip; older term for sickle, scythe, vine knife ; often in coats of arms as a common figure.
  • Ermine : black tails in silver; also called "flames", in Cologne called "tears".
  • Herald's image : Name for a design of a coat of arms that is based on simple geometric structures.
  • looking: the head of the coat of arms is facing the viewer
  • erupting: part of a figure protrudes from the edge of the shield
  • Heart shield : A small shield attached to the heart of the shield (French: Écusson).
  • Heart place: Place in the middle of the coat of arms
  • Hexagram: hexagonal star ( Israel )
  • rear: left part of the shield
  • Shepherd's shovel: attribute of St. Wendelin in the coat of arms of Westerngrund

I.

  • in sight: look, the heraldic figure looks at the viewer
  • Inful coat of arms: Infuled coat of arms, held by bishops (exceptionally also by abbots and popes), depicted on coins, which crowns an inful or miter.
  • Initial coat of arms: letters in the coat of arms
  • Inboard: see shield board
  • in the wrong order: coats of arms are not 2: 1 in the shield, but 1: 2.

J

K

  • The heraldic animal rooster is mainly described in the coat of arms ready to fight when one foot is raised
  • Edge cube : square on top
  • Cartouche: in the form of a half-wound roll and bent foliage attached to coats of arms (often identical to the edge of the coat of arms ), which can be used to inscribe the title
  • Notch cut : Coat of arms cut consisting of small curves, notched
  • Serrations s. Battlements, incised or welsche
  • Keryx: (Greek) herald
  • Cushions : bulge, mostly made of differently colored fabrics between helmet and helmet ornament or as a common figure in the shield
  • Claw wings: bird's claw with a single wing, s. flight
  • Shamrock Cross: St. Thomas Cross
  • Shamrock cut : coat of arms cut
  • Clover stem : a jewel of an eagle
  • Upside down: lowered figure
  • Crane : heraldic animal , often standing on one leg with a stone in its raised foot (in contrast to the heron); Allegory of Vigilance.
  • Cross cut : also cross cut when there are crosses on the battlements
  • War cry : Motto on the coat of arms
  • Crutch : herald image
  • Crutch cross : angled with four small crosses
  • Furrier : representing pieces of fur

L.

  • Landsknecht: bear with halberd
  • Land guards: eagle, dragon, bull and viking in the coat of arms of Iceland
  • Latin cross : Passion Cross
  • running: heraldic animals with a raised forefoot
  • single: shield / field without heraldic images or common figures , only tinctures monochrome heraldic shields
  • leopard: lion with features of leopard
  • Lichteck : small, differently tinged square in the coat of arms
  • Lindwurm : like the dragon, only four feet and not fire-breathing
  • left: rear shield part; “Left” and “right” always seen from the bearer of the coat of arms.
  • Left stake : Herald's image stake is shifted from the center to the left heraldic side, to the left edge of the coat of arms. (Counterpart right pole)
  • Lohehorns: old heraldic expression for buffalo horns
  • Lion mask: Lion head seen from the front, it is placed "en face"
  • Lioness: Name for a mane-less lion

M.

  • Maarfoot: Pentalpha
  • Mandorla : halo that surrounds the whole figure
  • Markmeißischer Löwe: a fixed name for this lion in the coat of arms of Leipzig
  • St. Mark's Lion: winged golden lion with a halo, holding an open book in its paws, heraldic animal of the city and Republic of Venice .
  • Wall crown : crown in the form of a wall. They usually cover the main shield edge of the coat of arms of city coats of arms
  • Mermaid , Melusine , Mermaid: the upper body of a woman with a fishtail, often an upturned, split tail
  • Merlette : The Merlette is a heraldic trimmed small, duck-like bird. His beak and feet are missing.
  • Metals : different names for gold and silver (for yellow and white)
  • Moon : Mostly as a half moon with (formed, sighted) and without a face (uneducated, unseen) in profile, often with overhanging peaks, rarely as a full moon.
  • Montfort church flag : fixed designation of a three-lap flag (flag with three pendants) in the coat of arms (e.g. Tübingen )
  • Mörwurm: Name for a fish-tailed heraldic animal
  • Mumblatt: Seeblatt

N

  • occupied by figure: position after the shield division
  • natural: unstylized representation of living beings (e.g. colors)
  • side by side -> arrangement in bars
  • Nettle leaf : not a plant leaf , but misunderstood serration border z. B. the Holstein nettle leaf.
  • nimbated : head surrounded by a halo (nimbus)
  • Net needle : rare common figure after the tool ( Granvik , N)

O

  • upper u. below: half figure in the field (e.g. below mill wheel)
  • Upper corner : position of a shield division (nine fields), right (field 1) and left (field 3) upper corner, when quartered: right (field 1), left (field 2)
  • Upper stand : Herald's image , arises from the stand change
  • open flight : both wings with the Saxons (inner side) facing each other, the feathers turned outwards. Contrast: closed flight.
  • Oriflamme (1): the imperial flag in the Kingdom of France
  • Oriflamme (2): pointed flag hanging from the cross bar
  • Location : a square in the middle of the edge of the shield, colored differently than the main shield and usually smaller than the free quarter
  • Easter lamb : Lamb of God , Lamb of God, Agnus Dei , also guild mark of butchers.

P

Q

  • squared : as much as quartered, herald's image divided into 4 parts
  • Squaring : in the 1st and 4th quarters the squared coat of arms is inserted, in the last quarter the opportunity was used to merge 3 or 4 coats of arms. The heart shield use also occurs as a middle quad.
  • Cross thread: half-width beam

R.

  • Wheel cross : Double cross, formed from the Greek and St. Andrew's cross. 8 legs with a ring, sucked. Halo.
  • Wheel tires: z. B. Mainz Wheel
  • Crown of rank : heraldic collective term for all crowns of the various nobility grades; it covers the escutcheon as a crown .
  • consuming: emblem with an object between the teeth
  • Diamond : regular parallelogram, often referred to in heraldry as a wake .
  • Diamond shield: Ladies shield
  • right: front part of the shield; “Left” and “right” always seen from the bearer of the coat of arms.
  • Right stake: Herald's image stake is shifted from the center to the heraldic right side, to the right edge of the coat of arms. (Counterpart left post)
  • Talking coat of arms : graphic reference to the coat of arms bearer, shows the name or rank of the bearer, the location or landscape of a place.
  • Rainbow : curved bar or sloping bar divided in red-gold-blue
  • Imperial orb: symbolic ball with a cross on it
  • Heron : a rare heraldic animal , standing on one or both legs, also shown flying.
  • Roch : chess tower
  • Rochlilie: Lily in the shape of a chess tower
  • Rose : Common figure , as Lippe Rose , Geldern Rose or other shape; usually five, also four, six or more leaves
  • Rosenschnapel: also rosary, braided branches or bushes
  • resting: a heraldic animal lies without raised paws, paws or feet in the coat of arms
  • turned backwards: opposing
  • turned backwards: head turned backwards
  • Male : heavy dog ​​with stub ears and usually with a spiked collar
  • Bundles of rods → fascis

S.

  • Saxony : inner side of the eagle's wing
  • Hem: name of a narrow board (sign board)
  • Columns of Heracles : Magnificent pieces next to the Spanish coat of arms, one column each on the right and left
  • Schächerkreuz: drawbar or fork cross
  • Scherbvogel : more natural than heraldically depicted eagle soaring half to the side (eagle in Napoleonic heraldry).
  • Shield border : a (shield) border is a herald's image and resembles a border; he runs along the edge of the shield; if it is particularly narrow, it is called a hem ; If the shield edge runs parallel to the edge of the shield inside the shield, it is called the inboard .
  • Shield holder : also called coat of arms holder . Animals or human figures standing next to and holding the sign.
  • Shingles : also called tickets
  • Screen board : and Scheit , mirror or Würtel , board-like Hilfskleinod as a disc, polygon, etc. upright compartments particularly to the helmet for the purpose of illustrations
  • sleeping: a lying heraldic animal with eyes closed and its head resting on its front legs.
  • Key and sword : mean jurisdiction, city law, also locked
  • Cuts, actually heraldic cuts : the shield divisions include variously shaped cuts.
    • Branch cut: coat of arms cut with branches, sloping battlements
    • Resection : may also be mono- or rounded curved tips that come from the side edge is called the Wolf teeth
    • Double cloud cut: coat of arms cut, like notched hearts
    • Double tin cut
    • Monkshood cut : pinnacles pointed at the top or bottom
    • Flat tin cut
    • Yoke cut
    • Notch cut: consisting of small curves, notched
    • Shamrock cut: shape of the snail cut
    • Cross cut
    • Cross cut: also cross cut when there are crosses on the battlements
    • Crutch cut: the crosses lack the upper beam
    • Flap cut
    • Lily cut: in the shape of the heraldic lily
    • Linden leaf cut: shape of the snail cut
    • Palisade cut coat of arms cut
    • Pile cut
    • Graft cut: coat of arms cut
    • Sawtooth cut: coat of arms cut
    • Clapboard cut
    • Snail cut: Heraldic cut, when a spiral is drawn from the center to the center of the shield edge or to a corner and a second parallel to the side or corner opposite. If the two spirals end in one leaf (clover leaf, linden leaf ...) one speaks of clover leaf, linden leaf cut or similar.
    • Pewter cut: Pewter cut, oblique
    • Scaly cut: consisting of small rounded areas, flaked out
    • Gusset cut: triangular cut
    • Point cut: if there are few points the number is given, e.g. B. with 4 overturned tips
    • Stepped gable cut
    • Stepped cut: line broken alternately to the left and right; if the higher part is on the right side, it is called “divided with the right step”, otherwise with the left.
    • Fir top cut
    • Fir rice cut
    • Wavy cut: wavy bar, also called a river
    • Wave cut:
    • Cloud section: strongly rounded, spherical waves
    • Tooth cut: serrated, many small points
    • Pewter cut: formed by square protrusions in the line; If the figure is tinned on both sides, the battlements on one side are opposite the notches on the other, if the figure is tinned and counter-tinned, if the battlements are inclined at the top, they are French battlements.
  • Schragen: St. Andrew's Cross
  • obliquely: arrangement in the form of a diagonal cross
  • latticed at an angle
  • Crossed diagonally: in a slanting manner
  • diagonally divided: diagonal division (right or left)
  • obliquely square : lines cross as a diagonal
  • Inclined cross: St. Andrew's cross
  • shifted obliquely to the left
  • Pewter cut: coat of arms cut
  • striding: running
  • Schröterhorn : Seeblatt
  • Scaly cut: consisting of small rounded areas, flaked out
  • floating: abandoned
  • floating: Figures do not touch the edge of the shield
  • Floating cross: Greek cross
  • Sea leaf : heraldic figure in the form of a heart-shaped leaf, the center of which is cut out from above in the shape of a clover.
  • Mermaid: Melusine , woman with a fish tail
  • Sea lion : lion head with two front legs and a fish tail
  • Side bar : flank bar , the herald's image flank and bar in one color, both right and left, also oblique left or right possible
  • sinking: figure standing upside down
  • Sun : round disc mostly as a face (formed), without a face (uneducated), the rays alternately straight and flamed.
  • Gap: vertical dividing line of a coat of arms, max. 2/7 of the blade width, s. at the gap, split
  • Spickel : Herald's image and common figure in triangular shape; broken as a triangle
  • Gusset cut: coat of arms cut in triangular shape
  • Spindles: elongated diamonds
  • Tip : heraldic image, also wedge , spur or pyramid ; serves to divide the shield into three parts in straight, curved or curved (curved tip) shape; raised, lowered, half, overturned, left and right lateral tip. The naming is based on the direction.
  • Pointed cut : coat of arms cut , with a few points with number, e.g. B. with 4 overturned tips
  • jumping: four-legged friends standing on their hind feet
  • St. Thomas Cross: clover leaf cross
  • Staff: s. Stake
  • Change of position : Herald's picture with radial division of the area into several places, whereby the angle of the "cake pieces" is the same. One speaks of an n-fold raised shield if the number of dividing lines emanating from the center is n, or of a "shield raised to x places" if the number of surfaces obtained is x. In the case of a change to the center, n = x, in the case of a change to the edge, head or foot, n = x − 1. Without further information, one assumes an 8-fold change in height to the center. The single segment is called a stand .
  • standing: all feet on the ground
  • Steigbaum : common figure , medieval single-spar ladder for war purposes e.g. B .: Family Bredow
  • rising: animal standing on hind feet and putting one leg in front
  • Bull eagle: also an eagle with a bull's head (French aigle à tête de taureau ; English eagle with bull's head ), a rare common figure
  • Stepped gable section: coat of arms section
  • Step cross: Byzantine cross
  • Stepped cut: line broken alternately to the left and right; if the higher part is on the right side, it is called “divided with the right step”, otherwise with the left.

T

  • Fir top cut: coat of arms cut
  • Fir rice cut: coat of arms cut
  • Dancing bear: bear with ax
  • Tartsche : shield shape with lance recess, one or both sides
  • Paw Cross : Cross with widened ends
  • Tau cross : Antonius cross , Old Testament cross, Egyptian cross
  • Division: horizontal shield division or diagonal, s. divided diagonally; Counterpart: gap
  • Division line: location of the horizontal division of a coat of arms, max. 2/7 of the shield height, s. at (on) the dividing line.
  • tinged : Dyed
  • Tinging : coloring
  • Treuhand : two intertwined hands
  • Triangle : openwork gusset
  • Triquetra : extremely rare common figure of a three-pointed rosette (three connected circular arcs)
  • Trinacria : rare three-legged, woman-headed, common figure of Sicily
  • Triskele : common figure made up of three radially symmetrical circular arcs
  • Trysub : symbol in the coat of arms of Ukraine , representation of freedom

U

  • bald (not pointed): stylized flower ( rose ) without sepals
  • unclear: anchor surrounded by a rope
  • Lower corner : position of a shield division (nine fields), right (field 7), left (field 9); when quartered : right (field 3), left (field 4)
  • covered : the first-mentioned image partially covered with edge contact
  • one on top of the other -> by pile ; arranged vertically one above the other in the direction of a pile
  • inflated : small secondary characters above the main character
  • covered, considered: covered

V

W.

Z

  • Gear : means industry
  • Tooth cut: serrated, many small points
  • Zimier: helmet gem, helmet ornament
  • Pinnacles , incised: French pinnacles
  • Pewter cut : formed by square protrusions in the line; If the pinnacles of a figure are tinned on both sides, the battlements on one side are opposite the notches on the other, the figure is tinned and counter-tinned; Pinnacles cut diagonally at the top are called Welsche pinnacles.
  • facing or facing: animals look at each other
  • Guild coat of arms : coat of arms- like symbols for crafts, guilds and guilds; contain typical hand tools, products (hammers, brewing tools, compasses, pretzels) and guild symbols; no real coats of arms.
  • Twin crosshairs: cross (heraldry)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Christian Samuel Theodor Bernd : The main pieces of coat of arms science. Verlag author and Eduard Weber, Bonn 1849, p. 124
  2. ↑ Abbeiedigt , Pierer 1857
  3. ↑ Curt O. Querfurth: Critical Dictionary of Heraldic Terminology. CH Beck, Nördlingen 1872, p. 5.
  4. ^ HA Pierer : Pierer's Universal Lexicon of the Past and Present. Volume 2, HA Pierer, Altenburg 1867, p. 507.
  5. ^ Pierer's Universal Lexicon. Volume 2, Altenburg 1857, p. 668.
  6. ^ Johann Christoph Gatterer : Outline of heraldry or heraldry. Gabriel Nicolaus Raspe, Nuremberg 1774, 2nd register p. 87
  7. ↑ Lexicon of Heraldry, Gert Oswald , VEB Bibliographisches Institut Leipzig, 1984
  8. ↑ Handbook of coat of arms science in the application and examples of real coats of arms ... Christian Samuel Theodor Bernd, TOWeigelt, 1856
  9. ↑ Gert Oswald : Lexicon of Heraldry. VEB Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig 1984, DNB 850576571 ; Licensed edition: Bibliographisches Institut, Mannheim / Vienna / Zurich 1984, ISBN 3-411-02149-7 ; 3rd, unchanged. Ed. Battenberg, Regenstauf 2011, ISBN 978-3-86646-077-5 (title addition: From apple cross to twin bar ) p. 172.
  10. ↑ Konversations-Hand-Lexikon, JJ Mäcken, Reutlingen 1831, p. 997