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(heraldry,rare) a stylized charge consisting of a tapering spiral inward from the edge to the centre of the shield, somewhat resembling the spiral on a snail's shell or a gurges
Die beistehende Probe gibt das Facsimile eines Schildes der Familie Rordorf (eine gelbe Schnecke, beginnend oben rechts in rotem Feld) wieder. Die Umrisse und der Rahmen sind schwarz, die Striche an der Schnecke rot ausgeführt[…]
1898, Gerster, Die schweizerischen Bibliothekzeichen (Ex-Libris), page 156:
1924 (RORDORF) Zürich h f K. 72 : 122. Stehender geharnischter Ritter mit Lanze, Schwert und erhobenem Wappenschild mit Schnecke. Visir geöffnet. Helmzierde mit fünf Pfauenfedern besteckt.
