Book Of Traceable Heraldic Art

Bone

See also: Bone in Pictorial Dictionary of Heraldry.

Bone §

A piece of a skeleton.

Default posture: palewise. Proper coloration: argent.

Source: Guillim’s Display of Heraldry. Artist unknown. Adapted by Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.

Two Bones In Cross §

A piece of a skeleton.

Default posture: palewise. Proper coloration: argent.

Source: Guillim’s Display of Heraldry. Artist unknown.

Three Pairs of Rib Bones (1) §

Device
Badge

Curving bones of the torso.

Default orientation: always shown in pairs issuant from the sides of the field. Proper coloration: argent.

Source: Livro do Armeiro-Mor. Artist: Jean Du Cros. (Arms of Costa, folio 72v.)

Three Pairs of Rib Bones (2) §

Device
Badge

Curving bones of the torso.

Default orientation: always shown in pairs issuant from the sides of the field. Proper coloration: argent.

Source: WappenWiki. Artist: Joakim Spuller. (Arms of Costa.)

Skull Maintaing a Bone (1) §

A human skull.

Default orientation: affronty. Proper coloration: argent. (The eye sockets should be colored as well, not voided.)

Source: Armorial et Traités de Blason. Artist unknown. (BnF ms. NAF 4381. Arms of Count of Macoy.) Adapted by Malyss Makneile.

Skull Maintaing a Bone (2) §

A human skull.

Default orientation: affronty. Proper coloration: argent. (The eye sockets should be colored as well, not voided.)

Source: Armorial et Traités de Blason. Artist unknown. (BnF ms. NAF 4381. Arms of Count of Macoy.) Adapted by Waḫrii̯ a of St Christina the Astonishing.