Dog (heraldic animal)
The dog is in the heraldry an emblem in which the arms Description three representations in the coat of arms as a common figure is different. Thus, in Greyhound , dog and Bracke distinguished.
The dog is generally shown jumping , striding or feeling (head down). The main line of sight is to the heraldic right (front). Strong stylization is standard. It can appear in the coat of arms or in the top coat of arms, often as a head representation in the top coat of arms. The strong bracken, but also the other forms, are occasionally put on a spiked collar. The collars are set with precious stones or highlighted differently. Representations of the head only are also possible. In the case of the brackish, the so-called brackish head is shown in the coat of arms. If a dog ears and tail mutilated, so that as is desecrated or gestümmelt emblazoned . In general, the description also applies to other heraldic animals if they lack teeth, tongue, claws, tail or beak.
The male is also a strong dog with a spiked collar, but with clipped ears. These are upright and not - as with bracken - drooping. Here, too, only the head display is possible.
The greyhound represents a slimmer coat of arms. It is shown in a fast running position. In older descriptions, the term winch or winch is known for this breed . The term wind stands for the rare coat of arms of an air blowing mouth and must not be confused with the aforementioned names for the greyhound. Therefore Geiselwind makes do with the representation of the place name in addition to a scourge.
The dog made it into the talking coat of arms in the family coat of arms of the Kanis family. Canis is the Latin name of the dog genus.
In English heraldry , a scaled dog with webbed paws and a large crest on the back is called a seal. As a mythical creature in the coat of arms, it should not be confused with the actual seal .
Bracke in the Brackenheim coat of arms
Great Dane in the coat of arms of Ermatingen
Greyhound in the coat of arms of Hunzenschwil
and in Winterswijk
Greyhounds as shield holders
dogs also appear on the coat of arms of the Canary Islands
Male in the coat of arms of the Constaffel (room company, meets in the male house )
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 .
