Wing

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See also Wings that Hold

Illustrations

Period

BSB 16th 16th
BSB 274, Insignia Veneta, 1550-55, f120r, belled wings, legal? 16th century Italian, wings counterchanged, position? 16th cent. Italian flipper wings?
16th Armorial Siebmacher,
16th century Italian, winged ants Armorial de Gelre, c 1370, winged fish Siebmacher, 1605, plate 69, winged fish

An Ordinary of Siebmacher's Wappenbuch


Modern

Pictorial Dictionary of SCA Heraldry (3rd edition):

Vector Graphics:

Annotated Pennsic Traceable Art Project

SENA Armory Conflict (SENA A.5.G.7.a.)

"Changes that distinctly affect the number of extended wings (from wings folded to raised, or from wings seen on one side of the body to both sides) are sufficient for a distinct change." http://heraldry.sca.org/sena.html#A5G7a

Quick Reference: Bird Postures:

http://heraldry.sca.org/armory/bird-postures.html (formerly in the Heraldic Primer)

Wing postures

Like the beasts and their head postures, birds have wing position variants as well that are worth blazoning but not worth a CD. But note that:

  • An examination of the development of the various heraldic eagles shows that the direction of the wingtips of a displayed eagle is entirely a matter of artistic license. To avoid incorrectly limiting the submitter's ability to display the arms in reasonable period variants, we will no longer specify "elevated" and "inverted" when blazoning displayed birds. (LoAR August 2001)
Posture Defining traits stylised drawing Example
Addorsed Both wings on same side of body Bird6.gif Addorsed.gif
Displayed Wings on either side of body Bird7.gif Displayed.gif
Elevated Wingtips away from body Bird8.gif Elevated.gif
Inverted Wingtips tucked back towards body Bird9.gif Inverted.gif
Often, the two wing position variants will be used together, thus:
Addorsed.gif Inverted.gif Elevated.gif Displayed.gif
Addorsed and elevated Addorsed and inverted Displayed and elevated Displayed and inverted


Often, the two wing position variants will be used together, thus: [but note the following precedent: > An examination of the development of the various heraldic eagles shows that the direction of the wingtips of a displayed eagle is entirely a matter of artistic license. To avoid incorrectly limiting the submitter's ability to display the arms in reasonable period variants, we will no longer specify "elevated" and "inverted" when blazoning displayed birds. (LoAR August 2001) ]

_ See also Wings that Hold

Precedents:

Precedents of the SCA College of Arms - http://heraldry.sca.org/laurel/precedents.html
Morsulus Heralds Website - http://www.morsulus.org/ (to search the LoARs and Precedents)

Use the above links to be sure any precedents listed below haven't been superseded by newer precedents.

Definition:

Aug 2004 - angel wings default:

"we will follow the stated default from Parker and declare that an angel's wings are displayed by default when the angel is affronty."

June 2003 - specifying elevated/inverted:

There is also no difference for whether the wingtips of the displayed wings are elevated or inverted. We expect that the same policies that apply to displayed wings on displayed birds should apply to displayed wings on winged objects: An examination of the development of the various heraldic eagles shows that the direction of the wingtips of a displayed eagle is entirely a matter of artistic license. To avoid incorrectly limiting the submitter's ability to display the arms in reasonable period variants, we will no longer specify "elevated" and "inverted" when blazoning displayed birds. (LoAR August 2001)


Registerability:

(Restricted, Reserved, SFPP, OOP)

May 1983 - insect-winged monsters:

Caterina Leonora de Forza. Return of: Vert, a Bengal tiger couchant guardant to sinister with Tiger Swallowtail butterfly wings elevated and addorsed proper within a bordure Or. "The device is not period style. To my knowledge, the only wings added to beasts in period were those of bats or hawks..." http://heraldry.sca.org/loar/1983/05/83-05LAR.html

Conflict:

May 2005 - bird vs. bat wings:

"we cannot see granting a CD between bird's wings and bat's wings, even as a stand-alone charge." May 2005 LoAR

June 2003 - tips elevated vs inverted:

There is also no difference for whether the wingtips of the displayed wings are elevated or inverted. We expect that the same policies that apply to displayed wings on displayed birds should apply to displayed wings on winged objects: An examination of the development of the various heraldic eagles shows that the direction of the wingtips of a displayed eagle is entirely a matter of artistic license. To avoid incorrectly limiting the submitter's ability to display the arms in reasonable period variants, we will no longer specify "elevated" and "inverted" when blazoning displayed birds. (LoAR August 2001) June 2003 LoAR


May 2002 - cd for wing tincture:

"There is one CD for changing the tincture of the wings, which are half the charge." May 2002 LoAR


Sept 1997 LoAR - tincture of wings CD:

Just as we will give a CD for changing the tincture of the wings on a winged monster, so do we give one for changing the tincture of the flames of a phoenix." September 1997 LoAR

Jan 1995 - bird-winged vs. bat-winged creature:

"[a winged serpent vs a bat-winged tree python] The change to the type of wings is too slight to count for the necessary second. [i.e. there is not a significant difference between a bird-winged and a bat-winged creature.] January 1995 LoAR

July 1996 - adding wings generally a CD:

[registering two unicorn's heads couped and a pegasus' head couped at the shoulder] Since the unicorn heads are correctly drawn, with horns and beards, and since adding wings to a charge is general[ly] worth a CD, this does not violate our ban on similar yet unlike charges (the sword and dagger rule). (Linette Marie Armellini d'Addabbo, 7/96 p. 6) http://heraldry.sca.org/loar/1996/07/lar.html

Identifiability:

Collected Precedents:

In the Ordinary:

(includes batwing, lure - arrangement)

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