Tent nail (heraldry)
The tent nail is a common coat of arms figure in heraldry and is rarely used in the coat of arms . The heraldist Otto Titan von Hefner also calls them cones , although the cylindrical representation is different.
Coat of arms of the Preen in the church of Cammin (near Rostock)
Preen coat of arms (noble family)
The figure tapers broadly from above to below and has a rectangular incision below the “nail head”. The size should be a third of the coat of arms field . The tinging is according to the heraldic rules and the position in the coat of arms is adapted to the number and is sometimes described as left or right oblique. The tent nail must also be shown in the coat of arms . Examples: In the quartered coat of arms of Knebel-Döberitz , fields 2 and 3 for the noble family Döberitz were shown in red with silver tent nails. The tent nails can also be found in the coat of arms of the Mecklenburg noble family Preen (different form). Here they are called awls.
literature
- Tent nail (Heraldry) in the Heraldry Wiki
- Curt O. von Querfurth: Critical Dictionary of Heraldic Terminology. Verlag der CH Beck'schen Buchhandlung, Nördlingen 1872, p. 177 .
- Walter Leonhard : The great book of heraldic art. Development, elements, motifs, design. 2nd, revised and expanded edition. Georg D. W. Callwey, Munich 1978, ISBN 3-7667-0345-5 , p. 270, image 24.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Otto Titan von Hefner : Basic Saeze der Wappenkunst. Bauer & Raspe, Nuremberg 1855, p. 32 , table VIII, image 211 .
- ↑ Ernst Heinrich Kneschke : The coats of arms of the German baronial and noble families in an exact, complete and generally understandable description. With historical and documentary evidence. Volume 1. TO Weigel, Leipzig 1855, p. 238 .
- ^ Johann Siebmacher : J. Siebmacher's large and general book of arms: The arms of the Nassau nobility. Volume 2, edition 7, Bauer & Raspe, Nuremberg 1858, p. 8, plate IX.