Spinning top (heraldry)

The gyroscope , a child's toy , with Monk , Triesel , fifth or Brummer called, is in the Heraldry a very rare coat of arms figure . The top is generally whip driven. The figure is proven in the coat of arms of the Pidoll von Quintenbach family from Lorraine in the Rhine Province. There it is a talking coat of arms , as the roundabout was called Pidolot in the Mirecourter dialect in the 15th century and then Pidolle in the area of Nancy .

Coat of arms of the Lords of Pidoll

Description of coat of arms : In red a golden oblique left-hand bar (according to Bernd (1835) an oblique right-hand bar) and covered with three red roses used in gold , on the right a silver crescent moon , on the left a golden spinning top with a blue whip string.

Siebmacher and Gritzner already mentioned this toy on p. 127 and on panel XXVII. Fig. 21 in her book of arms .

literature

• Kreisel (Heraldry) in the Heraldry Wiki
• Christian Samuel Theodor Bernd , description of the coats of arms supplied in the book of arms of the Prussian Rhine Province . Volume 3, Verlag Henry and Cohen, Bonn 1835, p. 88.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Gisela Meyer-Franck, Lauter kleine Menschen , Volume 3 (2012), p. 269
2. ^ Homepage of the "von Pidoll" family: History of the von Pidoll family (accessed on October 15, 2015)
3. ^ Christian Samuel Theodor Bernd: Description of the coat of arms delivered in the coat of arms of the Prussian Rhine Province . Volume 3, Verlag Henry and Cohen, Bonn 1835, p. 88
4. ↑ Note: Suspicion of un heraldic description
5. ^ Johann Siebmacher, Hilmar Hermann Weber: Large and general Wappenbuch. Verlag Bauer and Raspe, Nuremberg 1890. (Reprint Verlag Рипол Классик) ISBN 978-5-88134-235-7 , p. 127.