Printer bale (heraldry)

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In the coat of arms of the Czech municipality of Hodíškov top left (heraldically seen)

The printer bale is a common figure in heraldry and is only rarely found in the coat of arms .

The heraldic figure is represented by a leather-covered, felt or hair-filled, more or less convex wooden disc with a wooden handle in the shape of a stick. This usually points to the head of the shield and can be tinged in all heraldic colors . The handle can also be colored differently, which must then be mentioned in the description of the coat of arms .

The printer uses the tools of the trade to color the printing form. Often two printer bales are used at the same time. In the upper coat of arms of the coat of arms of the book printer and typesetter , a griffin growing out of a crown and looking to the right holds two printer balls (often in black with gold handles) with the ink surfaces against each other.

literature

  • Walter Leonhard : The great book of heraldic art. Development, elements, motifs, design. Bechtermünz, Augsburg 2003, ISBN 3-8289-0768-7 , p. 240, fig. 12.
  • Explanations of heraldry, as a commentary on Hofrath Gatterer's outline of this science. Verlag der Adam Gottlieb Schneiderischen Kunst- und Buchhandlung, Nuremberg 1789, p. 4 ( scan in Google book search; refers to Johann Christoph Gatterer : Abriß der Heraldik oder Wappenkunde. Joh. Christian Dieterich, Göttingen / Gotha 1773, without mention of the Druckerballens; Ballen as an "artificial figure" p. 59 in the Google book search and Fig. 259 ; Gabriel Nicolaus Raspe, Nuremberg 1774).

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