Book Of Traceable Heraldic Art

Naiant

Prawn Naiant §

A very tiny lobster.

Default posture: tergiant. No proper coloration.

Adapted from “Florida Seafood Cookery” by the Florida Department of Agriculture (1943), page 74. Artist unknown.

Barbel (1) §

A fish with beard-like tendrils at its mouth, related to the carp.

Default posture: naiant. No proper coloration.

Source: Pennsic Bored-Artist Collection. Artist: `Aziza al-Shiraziyya.

Barbel (2) §

A fish with beard-like tendrils at its mouth, related to the carp.

Default posture: naiant. No proper coloration.

Artist: Ajir Tsagaan.

Barbel Embowed §

A fish with beard-like tendrils at its mouth, related to the carp.

Default posture: naiant. No proper coloration.

Source: Pennsic Heralds’ Point Artists. Artist unknown.

Winged Barbel Embowed §

A fish with beard-like tendrils at its mouth, related to the carp.

Default posture: naiant. No proper coloration.

Source: Pennsic Heralds’ Point Artists. Artist unknown.

Dolphin (1) §

The heraldic dolphin is an imposing fish, quite distinct from the natural dolphin.

Default posture: naiant. Typically drawn embowed or embowed counter-embowed.

Proper coloration: green with red fins.

Source: Banners, Standards, and Badges. Artist: Thomas Willement.

Dolphin (2) §

The heraldic dolphin is an imposing fish, quite distinct from the natural dolphin.

Default posture: naiant. Typically drawn embowed or embowed counter-embowed. Proper coloration: green with red fins.

Source: Pennsic Traceable Art. Artist unknown.

Dolphin (3) §

The heraldic dolphin is an imposing fish, quite distinct from the natural dolphin.

Default posture: naiant. Typically drawn embowed or embowed counter-embowed. Proper coloration: green with red fins.

Source: Heraldry of Fish. Artist unknown.

Dolphin (4) §

The heraldic dolphin is an imposing fish, quite distinct from the natural dolphin.

Default posture: naiant. Typically drawn embowed or embowed counter-embowed. Proper coloration: green with red fins.

Source: Heraldry of Fish. Artist unknown.

Dolphin (5) §

The heraldic dolphin is an imposing fish, quite distinct from the natural dolphin.

Default posture: naiant. Typically drawn embowed or embowed counter-embowed. Proper coloration: green with red fins.

Source: Insignia Veneta, Mantuana, Bononiensia, Anconitana, Urbinatia, Perugiensia. Artist unknown. (Arms of Dolfini, folio 35.)

Dolphin (6) §

The heraldic dolphin is an imposing fish, quite distinct from the natural dolphin.

Default posture: naiant. Typically drawn embowed or embowed counter-embowed. Proper coloration: green with red fins.

Source: The Deidis of Armorie. Artist: Adam Loutfut. (Folio 31r, a "Delphyn.") Adapted by Saewynn aet Cnolle.

Dolphin (7) §

The heraldic dolphin is an imposing fish, quite distinct from the natural dolphin.

Default posture: naiant. Typically drawn embowed or embowed counter-embowed. Proper coloration: green with red fins.

Source: Arme delle Familie Veneziane per Ordine Alfabetico. Artist unknown. (Folio 9v.) Adapted by Drasma Dragomira.

Winged Dolphin §

The heraldic dolphin is an imposing fish, quite distinct from the natural dolphin.

Default posture: naiant. Typically drawn embowed or embowed counter-embowed. Proper coloration: green with red fins.

Source: Pennsic Traceable Art. Artist unknown.

Natural Dolphin (1) §

The natural dolphin is an aquatic mammal.

Default posture: naiant. Typically drawn embowed or embowed counter-embowed. Proper coloration: gray.

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

Natural Dolphin (2) §

The natural dolphin is an aquatic mammal.

Default posture: naiant. Typically drawn embowed or embowed counter-embowed. Proper coloration: gray.

Source: Heraldic Templates. Artist: Torric inn Björn.

Natural Dolphin (3) §

The natural dolphin is an aquatic mammal.

Default posture: naiant. Typically drawn embowed or embowed counter-embowed. Proper coloration: gray.

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

Natural Dolphin (4) §

The natural dolphin is an aquatic mammal.

Default posture: naiant. Typically drawn embowed or embowed counter-embowed. Proper coloration: gray.

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

Eel (1) §

A long, wiggly fish.

Default posture: naiant. No proper coloration.

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

Eel (2) §

A long, wiggly fish.

Default posture: naiant. No proper coloration.

Source: WappenWiki. Artist: Joakim Spuller. Adapted by Finellach.

Fish (1) §

A finned creature of the waters.

Default posture: naiant. No proper coloration.

Source: Pennsic Bored-Artist Collection. Artist: Rozalia Krawczykowa.

Fish (2) §

A finned creature of the waters.

Default posture: naiant. No proper coloration.

Source: Workes of Armorie. Artist: John Bossewell.

Fish (3) §

A finned creature of the waters.

Default posture: naiant. No proper coloration.

Source: Pennsic Heralds’ Point Artists. Artist unknown.

Fish (4) §

A finned creature of the waters.

Default posture: naiant. No proper coloration.

Source: OpenClipArt. Artist: Laurenth2.

Fish (5) §

A finned creature of the waters.

Default posture: naiant. No proper coloration.

Source: Baltischer Wappen-Kalender. Artist: M. Kortmann.

Fish (6) §

A finned creature of the waters.

Default posture: naiant. No proper coloration.

Artist: Jessimond of Emerickeskepe.

Fish (7) §

A finned creature of the waters.

Default posture: naiant. No proper coloration.

Source: Funeral Arms and Commissions for Visitations. Artist unknown. (Folio 126r.)

Fish (8) §

A finned creature of the waters.

Default posture: naiant. No proper coloration.

Source: Nobiliario de Armas de Valencia, Aragón y Cataluña. Artist unknown. (Folo 40r.) Adapted by Forveleth Dunde.

Fish (9) §

A finned creature of the waters.

Default posture: naiant. No proper coloration.

Source: WappenWiki. Artist: Joakim Spuller.

Fish (10) §

A finned creature of the waters.

Default posture: naiant. No proper coloration.

Source: WappenWiki. Artist: Joakim Spuller.

Fish (11) §

A finned creature of the waters.

Default posture: naiant. No proper coloration.

Source: Manesse Codex. Artist unknown. (Folio 160v.) Adapted by Drasma Dragomira.

Fish Embowed (1) §

A finned creature of the waters.

Default posture: naiant. No proper coloration.

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

Fish Embowed (2) §

A finned creature of the waters.

Default posture: naiant. No proper coloration.

Artist: Ræv Kolfinnsson. Adapted from Wappenbuch der Arlberg-Bruderschaft. (Page 857.)

Winged Fish (1) §

A winged fish.

Default posture: naiant. No proper coloration.

Source: Heraldry of Fish. Artist unknown.

Winged Fish (2) §

A winged fish.

Default posture: naiant. No proper coloration.

Artist: Jessimond of Emerickeskepe.

Fish Skeleton §

A finned creature of the waters.

Default posture: naiant. No proper coloration.

Source: Pictorial Dictionary of Heraldry. Artist: Bruce Draconarius. Adapted by Saewynn aet Cnolle.

Goldfish §

A decorative freshwater fish of East Asia, introduced to Europe around 1600.

Default posture: naiant. No proper coloration.

Source: Pennsic Traceable Art. Artist: Roana d’Evreux (attributed).

Lamprey §

An elongated fish known for its sucker mouth, which it uses to attach to larger fish.

Default posture: naiant. No proper coloration.

Source: A Display of Heraldry. Artist: John Guillim. (Manuscript folio 79r.) Adapted by Iago ab Adam.

Lucy (1) §

A slender carnivorous fish. Also blazoned a “pike.” Default posture: naiant. No proper coloration.

Source: Heraldry of Fish. Artist unknown.

Lucy (2) §

A slender carnivorous fish. Also blazoned a “pike.” Default posture: naiant. No proper coloration.

Source: Heraldry of Fish. Artist unknown.

Lucy (3) §

A slender carnivorous fish. Also blazoned a “pike.” Default posture: naiant. No proper coloration.

Source: Heraldry of Fish. Artist unknown.

Lucy (4) §

A slender carnivorous fish. Also blazoned a “pike.”

Default posture: naiant. No proper coloration.

Source: Wikimedia Commons. Artist: Orem. License: Public domain.

Lucy (5) §

A slender carnivorous fish. Also blazoned a “pike.”

Default posture: naiant. No proper coloration.

Source: Pennsic Heralds’ Point Artists. Artist unknown.

Lucy Embowed (1) §

A slender carnivorous fish. Also blazoned a “pike.” Default posture: naiant. No proper coloration.

Source: Lewis Armorial. Artist unknown.

Lucy Embowed (2) §

A slender carnivorous fish. Also blazoned a “pike.”

Default posture: naiant. No proper coloration.

Source: Pennsic Heralds’ Point Artists. Artist unknown.

Winged Lucy §

A slender carnivorous fish. Also blazoned a “pike.”

Default posture: naiant. No proper coloration.

Source: Ingeram Codex. Adapted by Elionora inghean Ui Cheallaigh.

Three Lucies Fretted (1) §

A slender carnivorous fish. Also blazoned a “pike.”

Default posture: naiant. No proper coloration.

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

Three Lucies Fretted (2) §

A slender carnivorous fish. Also blazoned a “pike.” Default posture: naiant. No proper coloration.

Source: Heraldry of Fish. Artist unknown.

Manatee §

An aquatic mammal. The “dugong” is an old-world variety of manatee.

Default posture: naiant. No proper coloration.

Source: Pennsic Bored-Artist Collection. Artist unknown.

Nautilus Naiant §

A shell-forming sea creature related to the octopus. In medieval Europe, nautilus shells were used as elaborate goblets.

No default posture. No proper coloration.

Artist: Volusia Zoe.

Sea-Bear Naiant §

An aquatic monster with the body of a bear and the tail of a fish.

Default posture: erect. No proper coloration.

Artist: Iago ab Adam.

Sea-Boar Naiant (1) §

An aquatic monster with the body of a boar and the tail of a fish.

Default posture: erect. No proper coloration.

Source: Historiae Animalium. Artist unknown. (Volume 4, page 207.)

Sea-Boar Naiant (2) §

An aquatic monster with the body of a boar and the tail of a fish. Default posture: erect. No proper coloration.

Source: Legende Doree, BNF Francais 242. Adapted by Wylet Fraser. (Folio 154r, "St Martha holding the beast," depicting a Tarasque.)

Sea-Fox Naiant §

An aquatic monster with the body of a fox and the tail of a fish. Default posture: erect. No proper coloration.

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

Sea-Fox Naiant Guardant §

An aquatic monster with the body of a fox and the tail of a fish.

Default posture: erect. No proper coloration.

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

Sea-Goat Naiant §

An aquatic monster with the body of a goat and the tail of a fish. Default posture: erect. No proper coloration.

Source: British Library Cotton MS Julius A VI. Artist unknown. Adapted by Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin. From folio 3r.

Sea-Horse Naiant (1) §

An aquatic monster with the body of a horse and the tail of a fish.

Default posture: erect. No proper coloration.

Source: Historiae Animalium. Artist unknown. (Volume 4, page 364.)

Sea-Horse Naiant (2) §

An aquatic monster with the body of a horse and the tail of a fish. Default posture: erect. No proper coloration.

Source: De Natura Rerum. Artist: Thomas of Cantimpré. (Bibliothèque Valenciennes MS 320, folio 115r.) Adapted by Volusia Zoe.

Sea-Lion Naiant §

An aquatic monster with the body of a lion and the tail of a fish.

Default posture: erect. No proper coloration.

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

Shrimp Naiant §

A small and thinner-skinned cousin of the lobsters. Default posture unknown. No proper coloration.

Source: Wriothesley Heraldic Collections, Volume II. Artist unknown. (Folio 54r.) Adapted by Iago ab Adam.

Trout §

A sporty river fish.

Default posture: naiant. No proper coloration.

Source: Le Blason Des Armoiries. Artist: Jérôme de Bara. (Page 89.)

Walrus Naiant §

A large aquatic beast with tusks.

No default posture. No proper coloration.

Source: Historiae Animalium. Artist unknown. (Volume 4, page 211.)

Duck Naiant (1) §

A small waterfowl.

Default posture: close.

Source: Pennsic Traceable Art. Artist unknown.

Duck Naiant (2) §

A small waterfowl.

Default posture: close.

Source: Pennsic Traceable Art. Artist unknown.

Duck Naiant (3) §

A small waterfowl. Default posture: close.

Source: Heraldic Templates. Artist: Torric inn Björn. Adapted by Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.

Swan Naiant (1) §

A fierce waterfowl, resembling an unusually large and long-necked duck.

Default posture: rousant. No proper coloration.

Source: Pennsic Traceable Art. Artist unknown.

Swan Naiant (2) §

A fierce waterfowl, resembling an unusually large and long-necked duck.

Default posture: rousant. No proper coloration.

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

Swan Naiant (3) §

A fierce waterfowl, resembling an unusually large and long-necked duck.

Default posture: rousant. No proper coloration.

Artist: Jessimond of Emerickeskepe.

Swan Naiant Regardant §

A fierce waterfowl, resembling an unusually large and long-necked duck.

Default posture: rousant. No proper coloration.

Source: Pennsic Heralds’ Point Artists. Artist unknown.

Swan Naiant Wings Addorsed §

A fierce waterfowl, resembling an unusually large and long-necked duck.

Default posture: rousant. No proper coloration.

Artist: Jessimond of Emerickeskepe.