Headband (heraldry)

The headband or headband is a common figure in heraldry that is seldom depicted without the human head. Heads with dark skin color, described in heraldry as Mohr or Mohrin, are preferred . From the 14th century onwards Sardinia had four heads without a headband in the flag, from the 17th century onwards they wore a headband.

The headband or headband is shown as a tight-fitting ribbon to organize the hair or with fluttering ribbon ends. The color can take on any heraldic tincture , but gold and silver are preferred.

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  Corsica coat of arms

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  Red headband in the Pappenheim coat of arms

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  Zozenow (noble family) red fluttering headband

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  Coat of arms of the Haller von Hallerstein , painted by Albrecht Dürer : Mohrin as helmet ornament , with forehead band

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  only the head band in the Nałęcz coat of arms , a Polish coat of arms

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  Talking coat of arms of Hartmann Maurus († 1537): Mohrenkopf with forehead band

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  Coat of arms of the aristocratic family Münchow , three heads with golden fluttering headbands

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  Coat of arms of those of Loeben , in it a growing Mohrin with pricked arms and a forehead band, the ends of which flutter to the left; the same Mohrin on the helmet

See also

• head
• Moor

literature

• Otto Titan von Hefner : Handbook of theoretical and practical heraldry. Part 1: Theoretical Heraldry. Heraldisches Institut, Munich 1861, pp. 70 , 102 .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Andreas Stieglitz: Sardinia. DuMont Reiseverlag, Ostfildern 2012, ISBN 978-3-77017-267-2 , p. 44.

Web links

• Headband (Heraldry) in the Heraldry Wiki