Head

Head

Head. Heads of Men and Women, Beasts, Birds, Fish, etc., are of frequent occurrence in Coat Armour. They are in profile (termed side long, or side faced), front faced, i.e. affrontee, or guardant, and reguardant, which is looking back.

In blazon, all heads are understoodto be in profile, if not expressed to the contrary.

The s^, Man's Head, Savage's Head,Saxon's Head, Englishman's Head, and Gipsy's Head, are used to describe heads of exactly the same kind. See Man's Head.

Blazon of Heads.

Bear's. P. 20.

Bird's. P. 33.

Boar's. P. 29.

Bull's. P. 2 A and 28.

Dragon's. P. 27.

Fish's. P. 32.

Fox's. P. 29.

Greyhound's. P. 20.

Griffins's. P. 27.

Goat's. P. 28 and 20.

Horse's. P. 27.

Leopard's. P. 28.

Lion's. P. 26.

Man's P. 36.

Ram's. p. 28.

Stag's, p. 28.

Talbot's. P. 29.

Tiger's. P. 28.

Unicorn's. P. 27.

Wolf's. P. 28.

Wivern's. P. 27.