Goldfinch (heraldic animal)
The Goldfinch or Goldfinch is in heraldry a common figure and as emblem rarely in arms to find.
The bird is depicted slightly deviating from its natural appearance. The red face mask, which clearly distinguishes the heraldic animal from other heraldic birds, is striking. The direction of the heraldic right can be seen as a basic attitude and therefore need not be mentioned in the blazon . All heraldic tinctures are allowed, but the low stylistic penetration shows primarily more or less the natural bird.
The early use of the goldfinch coat of arms is already known from Heinrich von Stieglitz's seal above the coat of arms since 1356.
The goldfinch is good for families with the name goldfinch for talking coats of arms . An example is the noble family Stieglitz (noble family) .
Goldfinch in the coat of arms of the nobility Goldfinch (noble family)
Coat of arms of the Baltic barons Stieglitz from the noble family Stieglitz (noble family)
Stegelitz (Möckern) coat of arms
In the coat of arms of Stehelčeves the goldfinch is flying
Web links
- Goldfinch ( heraldic animal) in the Heraldry Wiki
literature
- Johann Siebmacher, Hilmar Hermann Weber: Large and general book of arms. Bauer and Raspe, Nürnberg 1890, p. 93. (Reprinted by Рипол Классик, 1990), ISBN 978-5-88134-235-7 .
- Curt O. von Querfurth: Critical dictionary of heraldic terminology. CH Beck, Nördlingen 1872, p. 115.
Individual evidence
- ^ Karl Friedrich zu Hohenlohe-Waldenburg: On the history of the Fürstenberg coat of arms, Heraldic monograph. (FK), Blum and Vogel, Stuttgart 1860, p. 2.