Field (heraldry)
In heraldry, a field is an area ( or space ) of a shield that is covered with a figure and thus forms the background of the figure. The field is to be distinguished from the place . Places are areas of a sign that are created by dividing it ( or section ).
A field is defined by the figure. Its area can be congruent with that of a square (coat of arms example 4 and 5), but it can also extend over the area of several squares (coat of arms example 3).
Examples
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Example 1 shows a figureless ( or single ) sign. In the absence of a figure, this coat of arms has no field. |
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Example 2 (coat of arms of the city of Erfurt ) shows a silver wheel on a red shield. The coat of arms has a field that is congruent with the shield and is solid red. |
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Example 3 (coat of arms of the municipality of Alpen ) shows a black eagle on a shield divided eleven times by gold and red. The coat of arms has a field, this is congruent with the shield and divided eleven times by gold and red. |
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Example 4 (coat of arms of the French municipality of Barcelonnette ) shows a vertically divided ( split ) shield, on the right split five times by gold and red, on the left a red key in a silver field. The coat of arms has a field, this takes up the left half of the shield and is monochrome silver. |
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Example 5 (coat of arms of the local community Mommenheim ) shows a vertically divided ( split ) shield, on the right a silver wolf tang in the red field, on the left a silver wheel in the blue field. The coat of arms has two fields, the field of the wolf tang takes up the right half of the shield and is solid red, the field of the wheel takes up the left half of the shield and is solid blue. |
Individual evidence
- ^ Johann Paul Reinhard : Complete coat of arms art, in addition to the blazon of the high prince. Brandenb. Culmbach coat of arms . Published by Johann Georg Lochner, Nuremberg 1747, § 62, p. 48 f . ( Scan in the Google book search - in Fraktur ).
- ^ Johann Paul Reinhard: Complete coat of arms art, in addition to the blazon of the high prince. Brandenb. Culmbach coat of arms . Published by Johann Georg Lochner, Nuremberg 1747, § 54, p. 45 f . ( Scan in the Google book search - in Fraktur).
- ↑ Johann Christoph Gatterer : Outline of the heraldry . New and verb. Edition edition. Published by Johann Christian Dieterich, Göttingen 1792, § 18, p. 31 ( scan in Google book search - in Fraktur).
