- pelican

PELICAN. P. 33, f. 37.

                The Heraldic Pelican is represented with her wings endorsed, if not mentioned to the contrary, her neck embowed, pecking her breast, from whence issue drops of blood ; and in blazon is termed vulned, or vulning. When depicted in her nest is termed in her piety. f. 38. The Emblem of Charity.  (ELVN)

Pelican рус. пеликан фр. pelican англ. pelican

Эта птица обычно рисуется с расправленными крыльями и ранящий свою грудь колювом, т.е. ранящий/терзающий (vulning) себя. Когда он в гнезде кормит птенцов своей кровью это описывается «in her piety».

«Azure, a pelican in piety or, vulned proper» – Richard FOX, Bishop of Bath and Wells, 1492; afterwards of Durham, 1494, and then of Winchester, 1501-1528. [Founder of Corpus Christi College, Oxford.]

«Argent, a pelican in piety sable» – CANTRELL, Monsall, co. Lancaster; and BURY, Suffolk.

«Sable, a pelican in piety wings displayed inverted argent vulned gules, nest or» – LYNDE.

«Azure, a cross between in dexter chief and sinister base a pelican and her nest, but in sinister chief and dexter base a cinquefoil argent» – FOWLER, Scotland.

«Gules, a fesse or; in chief two pelicans vulning themselves of the last» – LECHMERE, Rhyd, co. Worcester; Baronetcy, 1818.

«Argent, on a chevron azure between three pelicans in piety sable, three cinquefoils or» – CRANMER, Abp. of Canterbury, 1533.

«Azure, a bend or between three pelicans feeding their young argent» – CRAMOND or CRAWMOND, Auldbar, Scotland.

Оторванная или, иначе, отделённая от тела голова пеликана должна изображаться в том же положении. Поэтому её следует отделять ниже верхней части груди.

«Or, three pelican's heads erased sable; on a chief azure, a fleur-de-lys between two mullets of the first» – John SCORY, Bp. of Rochester, 1551; of Chichester, 1552; of Hereford, 1559-85.

«Party per pale argent and gules, three pelican's heads in piety counterchanged; on a chief azure three fleurs-de-lys or» – DAVIES, Bp. of S.Asaph, 1560; afterwards of S.David's, 1561-81.

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