Three headed eagle
The three-headed eagle , also known as the triple eagle , is a rare heraldic animal in heraldry .
This common figure is shown and verifiable in Conrad Grünenberg's coat of arms book from 1483 and in the Great Heidelberg song manuscript from the end of the 13th / beginning of the 14th century. They are among the oldest known representations of an eagle with three heads.
The eagles be placed on the axes inside sighted eagle heads. Saxons are the wing tips. In the Codex Manesse the eagle is represented once in the coat of arms and once also in the upper coat of arms . As a helmet gem , it is growing .
The eagle is known on the one hand in the coat of arms of the Roman-German emperor and on the other hand from the coat of arms of the Palatinate nobility of the Lords of Zweter. The Reinmar von Zweter family ran one. Also Dietmar von Aist to this form have resulted in the emblem. Then there is the district of Waiblingen. This eagle has three heads on its body and is different from the royal one, which has been handed down historically. In the real sense it is a three-necked eagle. He is depicted in this way in Grünenberg's book of arms. The book of arms shows in picture 6 in the black shield a three-necked silver nimbated eagle in the shield and the same growing in the upper arms.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Georg Scheibelreiter : Heraldry. Oldenbourg, Vienna et al. 2006, ISBN 3-486-57751-4 .
Web links
- Conrad Grünenberg's book of arms digital (Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Cgm 145) image 6 and image 8