Anillete

Coat of arms of Turbenthal (Switzerland) with ankles

The antilles or anulets are in heraldry a round figure similar to a ring.

The antilles are taken by the round ring taking out its denomination of annulus, the ring and of here the call anillete for being its small representation. Of the use of the rings the origin is not known, although its invention is attributed to Prometheus, king of Thessaly. In the gentility Proteo was painted with an iron ring, to denote his prison, which is a sign of slavery, instead of the gold ring, which was a symbol of naivety.

The Romans represented by a ring the frankness and the nobility being not allowed between them to bring but the gentlemen and the soldiers of more distinction and fame.

The ring can also represent the secret and particularly the one in which the seal was engraved. It also symbolizes love if you paint on it the face and figure of the person you love, finally denoting strength because of your orbicular figure. And because it served as a seal, as by other mysterious representations, the armories of this figure are used in different weapons.

Treaty of Heraldry and Blazon, Francisco Piferrer, 1858

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