Horse tail (heraldry)
The horse tail , also Tugh , is a rare common figure in heraldry in the coat of arms with little heraldic penetration. It was a dignity and standard used in the Ottoman Empire for around 400 years by the leaders of the Turkish tribal associations.
In the coat of arms, a mostly head-high pole is "crowned" with a crescent moon and a hanging horse tail attached underneath, which gave it its name. The coat of arms figure is held by a figure or is infected. The tinging is not limited to one color. In the picture example of the Duke of Padua a black sphinx holds the horse's tail. According to the heraldist Maximilian Gritzner , the spread in Hungarian, Russian and Swedish coats of arms is known.
Horse holds a golden horse tail
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See also
Web links
- Horse Tail (Heraldry) in the Heraldry Wiki
literature
- Maximilian Gritzner : Large and general book of arms. Bauer and Raspe, Nuremberg 1888, p. 125. (Reprinted by Salzwasser Verlag GmbH, Paderborn, 2013, ISBN 978-3-84603-670-9 ).