Book Of Traceable Heraldic Art

Torch

See also: Torch in Pictorial Dictionary of Heraldry.

Arm Couped Maintaining a Torch §

A human arm.

Proper coloration: only if skin tone is blazoned.

Source: Pennsic Bored-Artist Collection. Artist unknown.

Torch (1) §

A long-burning wick soaked in oil and attached to a metal or wooden carrier. Always enflamed.

Default orientation: palewise, flame to chief. No proper coloration.

Source: Pennsic Traceable Art. Artist unknown.

Torch (2) §

A long-burning wick soaked in oil and attached to a metal or wooden carrier. Always enflamed.

Default orientation: palewise, flame to chief. No proper coloration.

Source: Livro do Armeiro-Mor. Artist: Jean Du Cros. (Arms of Brandão, folio 128v.)

Torch (3) §

A long-burning wick soaked in oil and attached to a metal or wooden carrier. Always enflamed.

Default orientation: palewise, flame to chief. No proper coloration.

Source: Zurich Roll. Artist unknown. (Folio 3v, arms of Fackelstein.) Adapted by Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.