Barbel

Barbel

Barbel, (fr. barbeau, lat. cyprinus); the fresh-water fish, so named from the barbs attached to the mouth; and with this may be classed the Tench(tinca vulgaris) as similar in character.

Sr John de BARE porte d'azure ov ij barbes d'or croisele d'or ov la bordure endente de gules--Falkirk, roll, Harl. MSS.

Azure, semé of cross crosslets fitchy at foot or, and two barbels embowed and endorsed of the same, eyes argent--arms of the duchy of BARRE, which are quartered by QUEENS' COLLEGE, Cambridge.

Argent, two barbels haurient, respecting each other sable--COLSTON.

Borne also by families of BARWAIS, BARDIN, BARE, BERNARD, BURES, &c.

Azure, a fesse, or, between three tenches argent--WAYTE, Norfolk.

Borne by families of VON TANQUES and of Marshall TENCHE, Flanders.

The bar in French heraldry sometimes means the barbel, but generally the sea-fish so named(lat. sciœ“na).

Le Counte de Bar, d'azur, pudre a croisile dor a deux bars de mer--Roll, temp. HEN. III.

Gueules, a un bar contourné d'argent, la tête surmountée d'une fleur-de-lis d'or--Ville dê BARFLEUR, Normandy.