Rainbow (heraldry)
In heraldry, the rainbow can be a common figure or a herald image .
The representation in the coat of arms with the touch of the shield edges makes it a herald image. In most coats of arms it is designed as such. The rainbow is an arched bar . The beam can also be an inclined beam. The divided by number three in yarn width Herold image is colored in just such a number of different colors ( tinged ). The standard is red-gold-blue. Deviations are also possible here, but must be described ( emblazoned ). In the coat of arms of Nicaragua are four colors in use: green, blue, yellow and red.
As a common figure, as in Regensberg's coat of arms , it does not touch the edge of the shield and begins and ends in a cloud. The rainbow has been in use as a heraldic figure since the middle of the 15th century. In addition to the rain shown on the right, Regenstauf also leads him in the sign. The nearby Pfreimd shows him three times.
Iris is the goddess of the rainbow. She is the sister of the harpies in mythology .
The rainbow is depicted in some national coats of arms. Examples are Nicaragua , Honduras , El Salvador and Laos .
It can also be found in the coat of arms of the nobility, such as the family coat of arms of the von Pfuel family , an old noble family from the Barnim in Brandenburg . The rainbow is not only in the shield, but also in the coat of arms .
The former municipality of Tarasp in Graubünden has the rainbow as a curved pole ( arched pole ) in its coat of arms, represented with the unusual color combination of gold, red and gold.
