Book Of Traceable Heraldic Art

Pelican

See also: Pelican in Pictorial Dictionary of Heraldry.

A fish-eating sea bird. In myth, it would pierce it’s own breast to save the lives of its offspring.

Pelican In Its Piety (1) §

Default posture: close. Reserved for members of the Order of the Pelican.

Source: Heraldic Templates. Artist: Torric inn Björn. Adapted by Þórý Veðardóttir.

Pelican In Its Piety (2) §

Default posture: close. No proper coloration.

Reserved for members of the Order of the Pelican.

Source: Fictitious & Symbolic Creatures in Art. Artist: John Vinycomb.

Pelican In Its Piety (3) §

Reserved for members of the Order of the Pelican.

Default posture: close. No proper coloration.

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

Pelican In Its Piety (4) §

Default posture: close. No proper coloration.

Reserved for members of the Order of the Pelican.

Source: Ortus Sanitatis. Artist unknown.

Pelican In Its Piety (5) §

Default posture: close. No proper coloration.

Reserved for members of the Order of the Pelican.

Source: Harley MS 709. Artist unknown. (Folio 22r.)

Pelican In Its Piety (6) §

Default posture: close. No proper coloration.

Reserved for members of the Order of the Pelican.

Source: Sledgehamster. Artist: Grimwulf Harland. Adapted from an illustration by Dürer.

Pelican In Its Piety (7) §

Default posture: close. No proper coloration.

Reserved for members of the Order of the Pelican.

Artist: Albrecht Drurer. Adapted by Jessimond of Emerickeskepe.

Pelican In Its Piety (8) §

Default posture: close. No proper coloration.

Reserved for members of the Order of the Pelican.

Source: A fifteenth-century Itallian repoussé copper plaquette. Artist unkown. Adapted by Malyss Makneile.

Pelican In Its Piety (9) §

Default posture: close. No proper coloration.

Reserved for members of the Order of the Pelican.

Source: Österreichische Chronik des Konrad Grünenberg. (Page 122.) Artist unkown. Adapted by Malyss Makneile.

Pelican In Its Piety (10) §

Default posture: close. No proper coloration.

Reserved for members of the Order of the Pelican.

Source: Stammbuch Hans Ludwig Pfinzing von Henfenfeld. (Folio 40v.) Artist unknown. Adapted by Malyss Makneile.

Pelican In Its Piety (11) §

Default posture: close. No proper coloration.

Reserved for members of the Order of the Pelican.

Source: Met Museum, Accession 64.101.1498. Artist unknown. Adapted by Malyss Makneile.

Pelican In Its Piety (12) §

Default posture: close. No proper coloration.

Reserved for members of the Order of the Pelican.

Source: Victoria and Albert Museum, Accession 1792-1855. Artist unknown. Adapted by Malyss Makneile.

Pelican Vulning Itself (1) §

Default posture: close. Reserved for members of the Order of the Pelican.

Source: Heraldic Templates. Artist: Torric inn Björn. Adapted by Þórý Veðardóttir.

Pelican Vulning Itself (2) §

Reserved for members of the Order of the Pelican.

Default posture: close. No proper coloration.

Source: Viking Answer Lady SVG Images For Heralds. Artist: Gunnvôr silfrahárr. Adapted by Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.

Pelican Vulning Itself (3) §

Default posture: close. No proper coloration.

Reserved for members of the Order of the Pelican.

Source: Two Tudor Books of Arms. Artist: Robert Cooke. (From page 150, arms of John Pellam.)

Pelican Vulning Itself (4) §

Default posture: close. No proper coloration.

Reserved for members of the Order of the Pelican.

Artist: Albrecht Drurer. Adapted by Jessimond of Emerickeskepe.

Pelican Vulning Itself (5) §

Default posture: close. No proper coloration.

Reserved for members of the Order of the Pelican.

Source: Wappenbuch Fol 223. (Folio 55v.) Artist unknown. Adapted by Malyss Makneile.

Pelican Vulning Itself (6) §

Default posture: close. No proper coloration.

Reserved for members of the Order of the Pelican.

Source: Met Museum, Accession 64.101.1498. Artist unknown. Adapted by Malyss Makneile.

Natural Pelican §

Default posture: close. No proper coloration.

Reserved for members of the Order of the Pelican.

Source: Fictitious & Symbolic Creatures in Art. Artist: John Vinycomb.