Edging (heraldry)

In heraldry, the frame is a way of combining coats of arms and / or elements of at least two coats of arms in one image. The main coat of arms should not be falsified.

Thus, the shield may, for example, with a board are edged, on which the crest characters or colors of the arms to be added are shown. Another variant is to put a smaller shield on the heart of the main coat of arms. In order to better show the covered figures of the main shield, the shield can be moved a little up or down, but should never take the place of honor or navel. If more than one tag necessary, they will be pale as arranged. The arrangement is also common in the form of a cross or in inclines .

A herald's picture , for example the bar , is also referred to as framed if stripes of different colors or the so-called foliage are attached to its edges for decoration.

Other possibilities of combining coats of arms are entanglement, grafting or laying on .

literature

• Gert Oswald : Lexicon of Heraldry. VEB Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig 1984.