Tournament hat

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Example of a tournament hat as a helmet ornament, on it a growing lion between a flight (coat of arms of those of Eltz )

In heraldry, a tournament hat is called a flat, red, hermelin-turned hat with an elongated back. In the Middle Ages it was popular as a helmet ornament at tournaments . Today it is only given to peers in England .

In many coats of arms it is decorated with peacock feathers, occasionally with buffalo horns , or a heraldic animal grows out of it. Its color is no longer just red. In modern times it was often used by the noble families of the imperial knighthood as a sign of their imperial immediacy , as it resembled the princely hats.

The beret , the doctoral hat and the toque are viewed as later variants .

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Bernhard Peter: Parish Church of St. Martin and Severus in Münstermaifeld: grave slab for Kuno von Eltz
  2. ↑ Gert Oswald : Lexicon of Heraldry . Bibliographisches Institut Mannheim, 1985, ISBN 978-3-411-02149-9 .