Book Of Traceable Heraldic Art

Eyeglasses

See also: Eyeglasses in Pictorial Dictionary of Heraldry; Eyeglasses in Pennsic Traceable Art.

A pair of lenses used to enhance vision.

Default posture: lenses fesswise, bridge to chief. No proper coloration.

Lenses may be blazoned separately as "a pair of eyeglasses tincture lensed tincture."

Pair of Eyeglasses (1) §

Adapted from "The Laughing Fool," painted circa 1500 by Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen.

Pair of Eyeglasses (2) §

Source: Insignia Nobilium Urbis Romae. Artist unknown. (Arms of Latini, folio 116.)