Spindle (heraldry)

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two silver spindles ( Grasbrunn  DE)

In heraldry , the Spindel coat of arms is a heraldic image that is derived from the diamond . It is a particularly slim shape of the wake . These are also known as pointed diamonds ( French fusil , English fusée ), flat one speaks spindled ( fusilly ).

Design and blazon

The spindle has two very acute opposing and necessarily two very obtuse angles. The transition from rhombus and wake to the spindle is fluid - as always, the wording of the blazon counts in heraldry, the drawing of the coat of arms is then free within limits or follows tradition.

The coat of arms is described depending on the position of the acute angles . If the tips are directed towards the head of the shield , the shield is spindled vertically (generally the assumed normal case, the spindle hangs or stands vertically on the spinning wheel ). If the spindles are with the tips to the right and left, it is spindled horizontally or horizontally . This also applies to the coat of arms . The principles of a is inclined (-right) or diagonally left gespindelte form possible, otherwise Here, the same rules apply in the diamond are described.

The spindle can appear in the coat of arms individually or in a larger number. If a spindle is found in the coat of arms without touching the dividing lines or the edge of the coat of arms, it represents a common figure . The figure can be divided by color in confused tinging in the longitudinal or transverse direction and must then be described as such.

Shuttle and spool of thread

Weaver's shuttle, naturalistic (speaking: Tuchenbach  DE)

Spindles are occasionally selected from the weaving known shuttles of the loom (which is shot by the warp threads) and the spool of the spinning wheel symbolize. In these cases the natural representation is preferred.

Examples

See also

Web links

Commons : Spindles in Heraldry  - Album with pictures, videos and audio files
Commons : Shuttles in Heraldry  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. Bavaria's municipalities - coat of arms / history / geography - Pfaffing municipality. House of Bavarian History , accessed on July 13, 2020 .