Dudes

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In heraldry, dudes are the figures taken as helmets , which are increasingly represented in the coat of arms . The term was common in older heraldry. In the Middle Ages , the helmet figures were seen as humorous figures.

If these figures are not mutilated , they are also called dolls . Gestümmelt the designated heraldist These Dudes than hulls or the outdated term Hermen .

Examples

  • Dudes on a helmet as a heraldic figure in the heraldic shield

literature

  • Curt O. von Querfurth: Critical Dictionary of Heraldic Terminology. CH Beck'sche Buchhandlung, Nördlingen 1872, ( digitized version ).