Eye (heraldry)

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An eye in the Ligueil coat of arms

The eye is a common figure in heraldry and is not often found in coats of arms .

An eye is shown based on nature, since heraldic penetration was only sparse. It differs from the god's eye in that it is simply depicted without a triangle or nimbus . The eye can also be up to two or three in number in the coat of arms. A larger number is rare. The heraldic figure is represented with an eyeball and stylized with eyelashes and eyelids. Deviations (compound eyes) are to be mentioned in the description of the coat of arms.

The eye plays a special role in the blazon . In animals with conspicuously colored (eg: gold, red, silver, ...) eyes, the "color" is described as (gold, red, silver ...) eyed.

The eyes on the tail feathers of the peacock should be mentioned in number and color in the blazon if possible, especially since these feathers are often used as decoration in the coat of arms .

The eye is also decisive: the lion only ever shows one eye, the leopard two. If the lion also shows two eyes, he is addressed as a leopard lion.

literature

  • J. Siebmacher's large and general book of arms . Introductory volume, section B: Principles of heraldic art combined with a manual of heraldic terminology (M. Gritzner). Nuremberg: Bauer & Raspe, 1889.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Johann Christoph Gatterer : Explanations of Heraldry, as a Commentar on Gatterer's outline of this science ., Volume 1, Verlag Adam Gottlieb Schneidersche Kunst- und Buchhandlung, Nuremberg 1789, p. 81.

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