Equestrian seal
It shows the armed duke on a horse that explodes. He carries a banner and a coat of arms with the Pomeranian griffin . On the head a stinging helmet with a helmet cover , over it a broad hat (biretum ducale) with peacock feathers.
(Redrawing from 1894)
With rider's seal seals are designated on which the seal leader is sitting on a horse in full armor displayed. The fighter often holds a battle shield , but at least a coat of arms with his symbols and a flag. Known since the Middle Ages , an equestrian seal was only used by the high nobility. The picture of the seal does not show the regent, but the generals, in whose dignity he felt himself in his territory. Equestrian seals, for example, carried dukes and counts , others the majesty seals .
An inscription in the seal showed the seal holder's motto . Basically they are round seals. Oval shapes are an exception. In the beginning there was the simple execution. Later, and especially from the 13th century, the size and decoration of the picture increased considerably.
One of the older seals is that of Count Palatine Heinrich am Rhein from 1095. There are also so-called women's rider seals and seals with underage sons who are not yet able to defend themselves. The latter hold a bird or a similar figure in their hands to distinguish them. A town's equestrian seals, such as the Wolfshagen seal, are a rarity.
Not all seals with armored riders can be assigned to the rider seals.
literature
- Rider seal in the Heraldry Wiki
- Diplomatic seal customer. In: Johann S. Publication , Johann G. Gruber (Hrsg.): General Encyclopedia of Sciences and Arts in alphabetical order. Section 1: Johann G. Gruber (Ed.): A - G. Theil 29. FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1837, pp. 283-295, here pp. 289-290 .
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annotation
- ↑ Diplomatic seal studies. In: Er, Gruber (Hrsg.): General encyclopedia of sciences and arts in alphabetical order. Section 1, Theil 29. 1837, pp. 283-295, here p. 290 footnote .