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Crancelin (or "crown of rue") is a charge in
Ch 4 p174-181
at google books) (old German) The Encyclopédie of 1751 defined it as a "portion of a crown placed in bend across a shield".D’Alembert, Diderot L’Encyclopédie, 1re éd, 1751 (Tome 4, p. 430): "portion d’une couronne posée en bande à-travers l’éc
/ref> The French word is from the German ''Kränzlein''Parker, James, Glossary of terms used in heraldry, 18
("little garland / wreathlet"). The bearing is sometimes called "a ducal coronet in bend" or "a bend archy coronetty".Parker, James, Glossary of terms used in heraldry, 1894 It is known in German as ''Rautenkranz'' ("garland / wreath of rue"Johann Ebers, New And Complete Dictionary Of The German And English, Volume 2, Leipzig, 17
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Crancelin (or "crown of rue") is a charge in heraldry
Heraldry is a discipline relating to the design, display and study of armorial bearings (known as armory), as well as related disciplines, such as vexillology, together with the study of ceremony, rank and pedigree. Armory, the best-known branch ...
, usually seen in the bend on a shield. It depicts a band of a stylized trefoil leaves, representing a branch of common rue (''Ruta graveolens''). It can be found in the coat of arms of Saxony.
Legend has it that at the investiture of Bernhard, Count of Anhalt and Ballenstedt, as Duke of Saxony
This article lists dukes, electors, and kings ruling over different territories named Saxony from the beginning of the Saxon Duchy in the 6th century to the end of the German monarchies in 1918.
The electors of Saxony from John the Steadfast on ...
, the then emperor, Frederick I Barbarossa, took the chaplet of rue he was wearing and placed it over the corner of Bernhard's shield. To commemorate this act, the ''crancelin vert'' was added to the Ballenstedt arms (''barry sable and or'').Karl Peter Lepsius: ''Kleine Schriften, Beiträge zur thüringisch-sächsischen Geschichte und deutschen Kunst und Alterthumskunde'' Dritter Band, Creutz, Magdeburg (1855)Ch 4 p174-181
at google books) (old German) The Encyclopédie of 1751 defined it as a "portion of a crown placed in bend across a shield".D’Alembert, Diderot L’Encyclopédie, 1re éd, 1751 (Tome 4, p. 430): "portion d’une couronne posée en bande à-travers l’éc
/ref> The French word is from the German ''Kränzlein''Parker, James, Glossary of terms used in heraldry, 18
("little garland / wreathlet"). The bearing is sometimes called "a ducal coronet in bend" or "a bend archy coronetty".Parker, James, Glossary of terms used in heraldry, 1894 It is known in German as ''Rautenkranz'' ("garland / wreath of rue"Johann Ebers, New And Complete Dictionary Of The German And English, Volume 2, Leipzig, 17
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See also
* Order of the Rue CrownReferences
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