Bowen knot

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Bowen knot in an English work from 1827

The Bowen Knot (Engl. Knot Bowen, after the coat of arms of the family of Welshman James Bowen († 1629), also knot true lover's , the latter term is now also used for other node types), even Tristramsknoten (Engl. Tristram knot ) , is an ornament that is used specifically in English heraldry as a common figure (heraldic figure). It is represented as a rope ring ( endless knot ), which is laid out over the four corners of a square, with an identically shaped loop being laid outwards at each corner in a uniform direction of rotation. This quatrefoil node is a trivial knot , as it could be pulled apart to a simple rope ring without knots. The shape is similar to the loop square, but in contrast to its shape, the rope does not have to be laid straight on the edges of the square, but can also be curved inward, continuing the curvature of the outer loops. The curvature can also be stronger at the outer points of the corner loops, so that the latter can appear narrow instead of circular.

More complex figures are built on the Bowen knot, for example the Dacre knot ( badge of the Barons Dacre ) or the Shakespeare badge , which also includes William Shakespeare's monogram .

A variant is the Bowen cross , also called the bendwise Bowen knot , in which the basic shape is rotated by 45 ° (so that the vertical and horizontal axis run through the square corners and thus through the loops).

Another variant is the angular Bowen knot , which is laid without curves, so that it appears to consist of five squares: the outer four are the same size, the inner can also be significantly larger or smaller. This figure resembles the cube-knot cross (interwoven window-ross cross), a variant of the diamond cross .

A combination of two Bowen knots with a ring cord is the Lacy knot (badge of the de Lacy family ).

See also

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  • Bowen cross

  • Angular Bowen knot

  • Dacre knot

  • Shakespeare badge

  • Lacy knot

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hugh Clark: A Short and Easy Introduction to Heraldry. Part 2. 10th edition, with considerable improvements. Printed for H. Washbourn, London 1827, Table 3: Bordures Counterchangings & Lines. fig. 7 .
  2. ^ A b Francis Jones: Bowen of Pentre Ifan and Llwyngwair. In: The Pembrokeshire historian. Journal of the Pembrokeshire Local History Society. No. 6, 1979, pp. 25–57, here p. 40 : “James Bowen… died at Llwyngwair on 22 October 1629… The main escutcheon borne on the melancholy occasion showed in the first and fourth quarters, azure a lion rampant or within an orle of roses or, in the second quarter gules a chevron or between three true-love knots or, and in the third quarter, azure a bird standing argent. " (Emphasis added; “The most important coat of arms shown on this sad occasion showed a golden, soaring lion in blue in the first and fourth quarters in gold roses placed on a board, in the second quarter in red a golden rafter between three golden true-love knots , and in the third Fourth in blue a standing silver falcon. ”).
  3. ↑ A shield similar to the second quarter of the coat of arms description from the previous individual record with a similar indication of origin Bowen (of Pentre Ifan, Pembrokeshire) is shown here ( Memento from December 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) on a commercial website.
  4. ↑ a b Bo… - Entry: Bowen's Knot. In: Lord Kyl's Heraldry. Lord Padraig MacKay of Kyle, archived from the original on October 15, 2008 ; accessed on February 15, 2013 .
  5. ^ Julian Franklyn, John Tanner: An Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Heraldry. Pergamon Press, Oxford et al. 1970, ISBN 0-08-013297-9 , p. 47: “a grummet laid out square and turned over at the corners forming external loops.”
  6. ↑ Charles Boutell: heraldry English. Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, London et al. 1867, p. 135 .