Stone (heraldry)
The stone in heraldry is a common figure and is mainly combined with other heraldic figures in the shield . The heraldic crane can be recognized by a stone in the claw of the raised bird's leg. In the past, stone was also used to refer to shingles .
The representations of the stone in the coat of arms show the different possibilities. Once the brick is shown , individually, in small stacks, as piled up as stairs or up to buildings in the coat of arms. The tinging is known in all heraldic colors .
Another representation is mainly limited to an irregular circle in the form of a larger point with a structured surface. The tinging here is predominantly gold and silver, but other heraldic tinctures are possible. Several stones in the shield are according to the heraldic rules for example 2: 1; 1: 2 or by bars , by stakes and placed diagonally to the right and left. This stone representation is similar to that of the spheres in heraldry.
Another arrangement is the coats of arms that emerged for barrows or dolmens. On top of two or three smaller, vertical stones, there is a larger one called a cover plate.
Individual rocks or groups of the natural rocks and cairns in naturalistic shapes and colors are also used, but these are more recent and are often classified as unheraldic. The description and the tearing open of these coats of arms by the heraldic artist harbors the risk that this heraldic figure will always experience deviations.
A rarer form of the stone heraldic figure is the crystal representation . Usually three natural crystals from a "crystal bed" are shown in the coat of arms, slightly inclined towards the head of the shield . Also, only one crystal in the form of a regular polyhedron (e.g. pointed hexahedron , octahedron , etc.) in the coat of arms is a stone representation. A possible halo can surround the heraldic figure. Long columnar crystals can be arranged like the spokes of a wheel. Everything must be stated in the description to make the heraldic figure clear.
- Examples
Burlioncourt stones in spherical shape
Opotschka natural. Pile of stones
Leezen (Mecklenburg) dolmen
Bösel bricks
Pierrafortscha Two natural Stones
Bakal stone wall made of rocks
Uttendorf (Salzburg) crystals
Skoropuskowski columnar crystals in wheel shape
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literature
- Walter Leonhard: The great book of heraldic art. Development, elements, motifs, design. Georg DW Callway, Munich 1978, ISBN 3-7667-0345-5 .
- Gert Oswald : Lexicon of Heraldry. VEB Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig 1984.
