Sun (heraldry)
The sun is a common figure used in heraldry . As in the real world, the representation of a rising and setting sun is used in heraldry as a special expression of the coat of arms . Is the sun emblazoned in the right upper corner , i. H. described, it is rising . In the left upper corner there is talk of a setting sun. As the midday sun , it is in the middle of the coat of arms . The "round" with a human face is often shown in coats of arms . On the other hand, if the circle is empty, the sun is then uneducated or the sun is without a face . The circle of the sun is more often metal-tinged than in gold or silver. The number of rays, alternating straight and round, should be limited to sixteen. If the rays are straight, then they are radiant , otherwise they are named as flamed .
The representation known as the White Sun is a white twelve-rayed sun in blue and was in the Chinese national coat of arms from 1928 to 1949 . Now this is only shown on the flag and in the coat of arms of the Republic of China (Taiwan) .
Examples
Midday sun in the coat of arms of Sonnenberg (Vechelde)
Midday sun in the coat of arms of Nüziders
Midday sun in the coat of arms of Sonnberg in the Mühlkreis
Sun figure (face) in the coat of arms of Wiesbaden-Sonnenberg
Sun figure in the coat of arms of Sankt Gilgen
Sun figure in the coat of arms of Jan Zyndram von Maszkowic and von Nérac (Lot-et-Garonne)
Sun figure in the coat of arms of Lure (Haute-Saône)
Sun figure in the coat of arms of Kamianets-Podilskyj
The sun shines on the vineyards in the Donnersbergkreis
Sierre VS : With rays and a face
Sun in the coat of arms of Sonnenberg-Winnenberg
Bad Karlshafen : Rising golden sun with Hessian lion
Symbol of the Jesuits
Rising sun in the little coat of arms of Latvia
White sun in the national emblem of the Republic of China
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