No default posture.
No default orientation.
No default tincture.
See also: Horn in Pictorial Dictionary of Heraldry.
Sometimes blazoned a “steer” or an “ox.” A “buffalo” is similar but has larger horns. A “yak” is hairy. No default posture. No proper coloration.
Source: WappenWiki. Artist: Joakim Spuller.
Source: WappenWiki. Artist: Joakim Spuller.
The curving horn of the European Alpine Ibex, a mountain goat indigenous to the Alps. Default posture: point to chief. No proper coloration.
Source: Scheibler Armorial (From the arms of von Alenzhai). Artist: Unknown Illustrator.
Source: Scheibler Armorial. Artist unknown. (From the arms of von Alenzhai.)
The curving horn of the European Alpine Ibex, a mountain goat indigenous to the Alps. Default posture: point to chief. No proper coloration.
Source: Wappenbuch der Arlberg-Bruderschaft. Artist: Vigil Raber.
Source: Wappenbuch der Arlberg-Bruderschaft. Artist: Vigil Raber.
The curving horn of the European Alpine Ibex, a mountain goat indigenous to the Alps. Default posture: point to chief. No proper coloration.
Source: Wappenbuch der Arlberg-Bruderschaft. Artist: Vigil Raber. Adapted by Jessimond of Emerickeskepe.
Source: Wappenbuch der Arlberg-Bruderschaft. Artist: Vigil Raber. Adapted by Jessimond of Emerickeskepe.
Source: Siebmacher’s Wappenbuch of 1605. Artist: Johann Siebmacher.
Source: Siebmacher’s Wappenbuch of 1605. Artist: Johann Siebmacher.
Source: Vocabulaire-Atlas Héraldique. Artist: Unknown Illustrator (Illustration 341).
Source: Vocabulaire-Atlas Héraldique. Artist unknown. (Illustration 341.)
The curving horn of a male sheep. Default posture: point to chief. No proper coloration.
Source: Scheibler Armorial (From the arms of die Thorer). Artist: Unknown Illustrator.
Source: Scheibler Armorial. Artist unknown. (From the arms of die Thorer.)
