Book Of Traceable Heraldic Art

Annulet

See also: Annulet in Pictorial Dictionary of Heraldry.

Cross Interlaced with an Annulet §

Device
Badge

Central ordinary and surrounding charge.

Source: Encyclopædia Heraldica. (Volume 3, plate XXXV.) Artist unknown.

Annulet (1) §

A ring. Can also be blazoned a roundel voided.

Annulet (2) §

A ring. Can also be blazoned a roundel voided.

Annulet (3) §

A ring. Can also be blazoned a roundel voided.

Annulet Compony §

A ring. Can also be blazoned a roundel voided.

Source: BnF MS Allemand 304. Artist unknown. (Page 742.)

Annulet Fleury §

A ring. Can also be blazoned a roundel voided.

Source: Sammelband Mehrerer Wappenbücher. Artist unknown. (Folio 14r.)

Five Annulets Interlaced In Cross §

Five intertwined rings. Sometimes referred to as a “Borromean Cross” because no two rings are interlinked to each other, but the set as a whole are connected.

Source: Wikimedia Commons. Artist: AnonMoos.

Bend of Annulets Interlaced §

Device
Badge

Annulets interlaced as in chain mail and arranged as an ordinary.

The October 1991 Cover Letter noted that ordinaries of mail would not be registered without documentation of period use.

Source: Le second volume de la premiere partye du blason d'armoiries. Artist unknown. (Folio 165r.)

Cross Annuletty §

A cross with an annulet conjoined to the end of each arm. Default orientation: crosswise. No proper coloration.

Source: West Kingdom Heraldic Templates. Artist: Vigdís Vestfirzka.

Cross of Annulets Braced §

A cross formed of annulet conjoined to each other. Default orientation: crosswise. No proper coloration.

Source: West Kingdom Heraldic Templates. Artist: Vigdís Vestfirzka.

Cross Potent Conjoined to an Annulet §

A cross with bars at the end of each arm.

Default orientation: crosswise. No proper coloration.

This bears some resemblence to the "gunsight" motif associated with white-supremacist groups and should be approached with caution.

Source: Pennsic Traceable Art. Artist unknown.

Cross Potent Throughout Interlaced with an Annulet §

Device
Badge

A cross with flattened ends.

Default orientation: crosswise. No proper coloration.

Mullet Voided and Interlaced Within an Annulet §

Sometimes referred to as a "pentacle."

Default orientation: one point to chief.

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

Rogacina Issuant From A Demi-Annulet §

A symbol found in Polish heraldry. Default orientation: point to chief.

Source: Le Grand Armorial Équestre de la Toison d'Or. Artist unknown. Adapted by Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.

Triquetra Interlaced With An Annulet §

A length of cord interlaced into a stylized knot.

Default orientation: one point to chief. No proper coloration.

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

Two Vires §

Concentric annulets. May also be blazoned a gurges, as this was an early way of depicting whirlpools.

Source: Insignia Urbium Italiae Septentrionalis. Artist unknown. (Arms of de Caponis, folio 109r.)

Three Vires (1) §

Concentric annulets. May also be blazoned a gurges, as this was an early way of depicting whirlpools.

Source: Insignia Florentinorum. Artist unknown. (Arms of Landini.)

Three Vires (2) §

Concentric annulets. May also be blazoned a gurges, as this was an early way of depicting whirlpools.

Source: Stemmario Trivulziano. Artist: Gian Antonio da Tradate.(Page 194.)

Four Vires §

Concentric annulets. May also be blazoned a gurges, as this was an early way of depicting whirlpools.

Source: Insignia Veneta, Mantuana, Bononiensia, Anconitana, Urbinatia, Perugiensia. Artist unknown. (Arms of Grissendi, folio 188r.)

Pair of Arms Vested Maintaining an Annulet §

A human arm.

Proper coloration: only if skin tone is blazoned.

Source: Insignia Anglica. Artist unknown. Adapted by Forveleth Dunde.

Annulet of Chain (1) §

A circle of chain links.

Reserved for members of the chivalry.

Source: Pennsic Traceable Art. Artist: Roana d’Evreux.

Annulet of Chain (2) §

A circle of chain links.

Reserved for members of the chivalry.

Source: Pennsic Traceable Art. Artist: Roana d’Evreux. Adapted by Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.

Annulet of Chain (3) §

A circle of chain links.

Reserved for members of the chivalry.

Annulet of Rope (2) §

A circle of twisted rope.

Source: Heraldry of Fish. Artist unknown.

Annulet of Rope (3) §

A circle of twisted rope.

Source: The Century Dictionary. Artist unknown.