Violin (heraldry)

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Angled violin (actually a viol according to the covering and the shape of the body) with a bow

The violin is a common figure in heraldry and a popular heraldic figure . Neglecting the special features of the instruments, the fiddle or violin, viola, viol and similar string instruments can be equated with the violin in heraldry.

The representation ranges from the natural to the stylized form, but the tinging is based on the heraldic rules. A different color of the strings is described as strung or covered and a bridge or fingerboard of a different color must be reported. The instrument is also overturned, i.e. pointing to the base of the shield , shown in the coat of arms, as in Rickenbach . The violin can also appear in the upper coat of arms . The bow is rarely included in the coat of arms.

The coat of arms of the Volker von Alzey is well known . The figure of the coat of arms has adorned a four-stringed instrument on an ermine since 1290. According to the Nibelungenlied, a battle weary hero is said to have fallen asleep to the sound of the violin. The town itself , the Saxon spa town of Bad Brambach or Bubenreuth as the center of Franconian string instrument making, and Absam in Tyrol, reminiscent of the violin maker Jakob Stainer , each have the instrument in their coat of arms. Another example is Gentilino in Ticino.

See also

Web links

Fidel (Heraldry) in the Heraldry Wiki

Commons : violin equals fiddle equals violin in the heraldry  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ To identify the various string instruments, see David Munrow: Musical instruments of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance (= Edition Moeck. 4017). Translated from English by Edith and Wolfgang Ruf . Moeck, Celle 1980, ISBN 3-87549-012-6 . Large numbers of contemporary illustrations by Michael Praetorius : Syntagmatis Musici. Volume 2: De Organographia. Self-published by the author, sl 1619, plates XVI f. , XX f. , (Facsimile reprint edited by Wilibald Gurlitt . (= Documenta Musicologica. Series 1: Druckschriften-Faksimiles. 14). 5th edition. Bärenreiter, Kassel et al. 1980, ISBN 3-7618-0183-1 , especially the image part after p. 236).
  2. ↑ Christian Samuel Theodor Bernd : The main pieces of coat of arms science. Department 2: General coat of arms science. Self-published by the author and a., Bonn 1849, p. 275 .
  3. ↑ Hans Weininger: Heraldic. In: Westermann's yearbook of the Illustrirten German monthly books. Volume 15, No. 68, 1863, pp. 219-220, here p. 220 .