Cuticle
In heraldry, the scale cut , more rarely also the flap cut , is a special form of a cutting line to divide a coat of arms into at least two fields . A cutting line is made with repeating semicircular small arcs, the scales . They have the appearance of broadside stylized fish scales placed side by side .
In the case of scaling, split etc. for the simple shield divisions , one also speaks of in arches (arched cut, scalloped) , with the latter generally explicitly specifying the number of arches.
The beam or the post can also be cut on one or both sides and are given the addition after the type of cut in the blazon , i.e. the description of the coat of arms. So it is called: shed beam or shed pile , if both sides have the same section. If only one side is cut with scales, the description must be reported. There is also a shed board or a shed shield head , if the dividing line is represented by scaling. A shield base cut into scales is used, for example, to represent water. A cross in the coat of arms, the outer lines of which show the scale cut, is described as a scale cross (it is similar to the pearl cross , but the balls overlap). Otherwise one generally says shed . All expressions can be found on lobes or lobes .
To distinguish it from the thorn cut (curved) , the direction of the tips is decisive, i.e. which of the adjoining surfaces is considered to be the decorated or priority.
Scaled angle (Lawson, UK)
Scale cross (heraldic pattern)
literature
- Wolfgang Leonhard: The great book of heraldic art . Verlag Georg DWCallwey, Munich 2001, pp. 139-141, ISBN 3-8289-0768-7 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Johann Siebmacher: Grosses und Allgemeine Wappenbuch , p. 14 ( Google eBook, full view ).