Hamaide

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three hamaids with sloping ends

In heraldry, a hamaide is a shortened bar , both ends of which are bevelled towards the base of the shield . Since it does not touch the edge of the shield like a herald's picture, it is counted as a common figure in heraldic art . The term is borrowed from the French hamayde . Often three bars are placed one on top of the other, the upper being the longer and the lower being the shorter. Three hamaids are then also emblazoned. More recently, the ends of the bars are straight or rounded and of the same length.

literature

Individual proof

  1. ↑ Gert Oswald : Lexicon of Heraldry. VEB Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig 1984 (also: Bibliographisches Institut, Mannheim et al. 1985, ISBN 3-411-02149-7 ).

Web links

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