Book Of Traceable Heraldic Art

Comet

See also: Comet in Pictorial Dictionary of Heraldry.

A moving star with a tail, called a beard. If inverted may be blazoned a "shooting star."

Comet (1) §

Default alignment: palewise, tail to base. No proper coloration.

The estoile may have a a different tincture than its beard but this would be considered a Step From Core Practice (SFCP).

Source: Viking Answer Lady SVG Images For Heralds. Artist: Gunnvôr silfrahárr.

Comet (2) §

Default alignment: palewise, tail to base. No proper coloration.

The estoile may have a a different tincture than its beard but this would be considered a Step From Core Practice (SFCP).

Source: Viking Answer Lady SVG Images For Heralds. Artist: Gunnvôr silfrahárr.

Comet (3) §

Default alignment: palewise, tail to base. No proper coloration.

The estoile may have a a different tincture than its beard but this would be considered a Step From Core Practice (SFCP).

Source: Pennsic Traceable Art. Artist unknown.

Comet (4) §

Default alignment: palewise, tail to base. No proper coloration.

The estoile may have a a different tincture than its beard but this would be considered a Step From Core Practice (SFCP).

This variety, with a straight tail, is found in Italian armory.

Source: Insignia Nobilium Patavinorum. Artist unknown. (Arms of Beneditti, folio 65r.)

Comet (5) §

Default alignment: palewise, tail to base. No proper coloration.

The estoile may have a a different tincture than its beard but this would be considered a Step From Core Practice (SFCP).

Comet (6) §

Default alignment: palewise, tail to base. No proper coloration.

The estoile may have a a different tincture than its beard but this would be considered a Step From Core Practice (SFCP).

Source: Korjenić-Neorić Armorial. Artist unknown. (Page 30, arms of Ximracovich.)

Comet (7) §

Default alignment: palewise, tail to base. No proper coloration.

The estoile may have a a different tincture than its beard but this would be considered a Step From Core Practice (SFCP).

Source: Stemmario Trivulziano. (Arms of da Comma.)

Comet (8) §

Default alignment: palewise, tail to base. No proper coloration.

The estoile may have a a different tincture than its beard but this would be considered a Step From Core Practice (SFCP).

Source: Le second volume de la premiere partye du blason d'armoiries. Artist unknown.