Florentine Lily
Florentine lily is used in stylistics for a variant of the lily as a symbol or ornament that has become known from Tuscany . In addition to numerous and varied uses in the fine arts , it is also important as a heraldic lily , and symbol of Florence's coat of arms since the Middle Ages.
presentation
The Florentine lily differs from the classic lily in 
that it has two stamens (inflorescences) and shows bearded or curled petal tips. There are also representations with not quite as pronounced to strongly stylized stamens. In Italian it is called Giglio bottonato ( bottone 'bud': 'budded lily'), the stamens themselves are heraldically depicted with lily ends.
Representation variants for Florence, from Antonio Manno : Vocabolario Araldico Ufficiale. Rome 1907:
history
The Florentine lily has been shown on the Fiorino (Florin) , the mint of the Republic of Venice, since 1252 . It can be proven as a coat of arms at the Porta Campana (Torre d'Arnofo) from 1300, in Castelfranco di Sopra , a former Tuscan municipality in the province of Arezzo .
Fiorino (Florin) , 1347
Barile (Heavy Groschen ), Florence 1506
crowned in a mosaic in the Cappella dei Principi (Medici Chapel, Basilica di San Lorenzo di Firenze) , 1604
heraldry
In heraldry it is a common figure and, like the well-known heraldic lily, is subject to the rules of heraldic art. This lily with the stamens is also called the ornamented lily .
List of coats of arms with the Florentine lily
- Italy, Florence area
Province of Florence
in mixed up colors
Arezzo Province of
Florence as a figure of the label
Buggiano , Pistoia, Tuscany
Ponte Buggianese , Pistoia, Tuscany
Ferentino , Frosinone, Latium
Figline Valdarno , Florence, Tuscany
Lily in the banner (flag)
Firenzuola , Florence, Tuscany
half lily at the crack
Foligno , Umbria, Perugia
Scandicci , Florence, Tuscany
in the right upper corner
Scarperia , Florence, Tuscany
More logos and signs
Club crest of the Italian soccer club Fiorentina
literature
- Angela Miola, Comune di Firenze (ed.): Il giglio di Firenze. Restyling e identificazione del marchio dell'Amministrazione comunale e dello stemma della città di Firenze. (Web document pdf )
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Walter Leonhard : The great book of heraldic art. Development, elements, motifs, design. 2nd, revised and expanded edition. Georg DW Callwey, Munich 1978, ISBN 3-7667-0345-5 .